Cerday v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Cotton county of the crime of a second and subsequent violation of the prohibitory liquor laws, and his punishment fixed by the court at a fine of $50 and imprisonment in the state penitentiary for one year and six months.

The undisputed facts as they appear in the record are that on the 16th day of November, 1929, complaint was filed against the defendant in the county court of Cotton county attempting to charge a second and subsequent violation of the prohibitory liquor laws; that a preliminary hearing…