Huff v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Wichita. Tried below before the Hon. E. W. Foster, County Judge. The conviction in this case was had under Article 248 of the Penal Code, defining the offense of illegally trading in county scrip. The verdict of the jury reads as follows: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty, and assess his punishment the lowest given by the statute.”
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Appeal from the County Court of Wichita. Tried below before the Hon. E. W. Foster, County Judge. The conviction in this case was had under Article 248 of the Penal Code, defining the offense of illegally trading in county scrip. The verdict of the jury reads as follows: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty, and assess his punishment the lowest given by the statute.” It was in proof that the scrip described in the indictment was sold to the defendant, but the only proof that the defendant was then county attorney was the “understanding” of the witness that he occupied said office.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
This prosecution is for a violation of Article 248, Penal Code, which prohibits any county officer from trading for claims drawn on the treasurer of any county, city or town.
Omitting formal allegations, the information charges that “ R E. Huff, on or about the first day of April, 1884, was then and there county attorney in and for Wichita county, Texas, duly elected and qualified, and acting as such; that on the said day and date aforesaid did then and there, in said county of Wichita, contract.and buy one certain piece of jury scrip, issued by W. E. Brothers, county…
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