Coggin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Fisher. Tried before Hon. S. Patton, County Judge. ¡.'^Appeal from a conviction for a violation of quarantine established by the Live Stock Sanitary Commission; penalty, a fine of $100. / Omitting formal averments the information charged, “That heretofore, to wit: On or about the 21st day of April, 1896, in the said county of Fisher and State of Texas, one Thomas Coggin did then and there unlawfully violate, disregard, and evade the rules,…
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Appeal from the County Court of Fisher. Tried before Hon. S. Patton, County Judge. ¡.'^Appeal from a conviction for a violation of quarantine established by the Live Stock Sanitary Commission; penalty, a fine of $100. / Omitting formal averments the information charged, “That heretofore, to wit: On or about the 21st day of April, 1896, in the said county of Fisher and State of Texas, one Thomas Coggin did then and there unlawfully violate, disregard, and evade the rules, regulations, orders, and directions of the Live Stock Sanitary Commission of Texas, establishing and governing live stock…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of driving cattle across the quarantine line established by the Live Stock Sanitary Commission.
The Assistant Attorney-General moves to dismiss this appeal, because the recognizance recites no offense against the laws of the State, and does not recite the offense charged in the information. The recognizance recites that the appellants “stands charged in this court with the offense of unlawfully violating, disregarding, and evading the rules, regulations, ■orders, and directions of the Live Stock Sanitary Commission of Texas, establishing and governing…
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