Haley v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant pleaded guilty before the District Judge to the offense of forgery and was by him assessed a penalty of two years in the state penitentiary, from which he appeals.

Appellant filed a plea in bar and presents such plea again by a bill of exception, same being based upon the following facts: Judge W. L. Thornton, Presiding Judge of the First Administrative Judicial District of Texas, by his order dated September 22, 1947, designated Judge A. R. Stout, Judge of the 40th Judicial District of Ellis County, Texas, to assist in the disposition of accumulated criminal cases in…