Singleton v. State

Conviction for transporting intoxicating liquor; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

There are two bills of exception which the state moves to strike out on the ground that same were filed too late. This is controverted by appellant who makes a showing which we think sufficient to justify us in concluding that the fact of such bills being filed too late was in no wise the result of any negligence of appellant.

It appears from the testimony that two federal officers had received information that a car having a Port Worth or Dallas number would come along a certain road, and that same…