Parker v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hamilton. Tried below before Hon. J. 0. Main, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for a violation of local option; penalty, a fine - of $25 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail. The following is all the testimony in the case: “It is admitted by the defendant that local option was legally in force in the town of Hamilton at the date of the alleged offense. John Davis testified for the State as follows: My name is John Davis.
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Appeal from the County Court of Hamilton. Tried below before Hon. J. 0. Main, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for a violation of local option; penalty, a fine - of $25 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail. The following is all the testimony in the case: “It is admitted by the defendant that local option was legally in force in the town of Hamilton at the date of the alleged offense. John Davis testified for the State as follows: My name is John Davis. I am not acquainted with Buck Parker, the defendant. I know Tom Woods; I know were Woods’ Top-ale joint’ is. On August 17,…
1Opinion of the Court
HEHDERS OH, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail; hence this appeal.
Appellant assigns as error the remarks of the county attorney made during the argument of the case. The bill shows as follows: “The county attorney, in his opening argument to the jury, stated that the defendant had not placed a single witness on the stand. Counsel for defendant, in his argument replying thereto, said that the county attorney had said that the defendant had not placed a single witness on…
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