Brown v. State

238 S.W.2d 787 (1950)

BROWN

v.

STATE.

No. 25057.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 20, 1950.

On Rehearing March 21, 1951.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1951.

R. E. Murphey, Coleman, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for violation of the local option with a fine of $100.

Appellant was convicted by a jury, which fixed the penalty. The only question raised on this appeal complains that the special judge trying the case was not selected and qualified according to law and that he, therefore, had no jurisdiction to…