Monroe v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $50 and thirty days in jail.

Appellant filed a motion to quash the information in this case on the ground, among other things, that the same commences, “In the name and by the authority of the State of Texas,” and, among other authorities, cites us to the case of Weaver v. State, 76 S. W. Rep., 564, wherein we held that an indictment that omitted the word “the” followed the State Constitution. An examination of said authority will show, however, that we, in further discussing the…