Phillips v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is transporting intoxicating liquor, the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The transaction out of which the prosecution grew occurred near the line between Henderson and Van Zandt Counties. Appellant was tried in Henderson County on the 13th day of September, 1927, for the offense of possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale. The present trial was had in Van Zandt County on the 5th day of October, 1927. Appellant filed what he denominated a plea in bar wherein it was averred, in substance, that he had theretofore been indicted…