Wright v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Erath. Tried below before Hon. Thomas B. King, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for a violation of local option, the punishment assessed being a fine of $25, and twenty days’ imprisonment in the county jail.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Conviction for a violation of the local option law. On the trial, the defendant objected to the introduction of the petition of the Commissioners’ Court, upon which was based the order for the election in Justice Precinct No. 2, of Erath County, because said precinct had within its boundaries an incorporated town, to-wit: “The city of Dublin;” and, second, because the election was not ordered to be held in the various wards of the city of Dublin. It will be noted that these grounds of objection do not recite the fact, nor does the bill of exceptions show, that Dublin was an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cannon v. HemphillTexas Supreme Court · 1851
3Cited by7 opinions
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