Yoakum v. State

The appellant was indicted for swindling. The amount was alleged to be $10. The indictment was properly transferred from the district court where the indictment was found to the county court at law of Dallas county. He was convicted, and his penalty fixed at a fine of $100- and six months in the county jail.

[1] The term of court began January 1, 1912, and adjourned more than eight weeks-thereafter on March 2, 1912. The case was-tried on January 11, 1912. The motion for. new trial was made, heard, and overruled on the same date, and the appellant properly appealed, and entered into a…