Doyle v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

By information filed in the County Court of Johnson County, Texas, on the 5th day of November, 1908, appellant was charged with selling intoxicating liquors to one J. M. Young in violation of law. At a trial had in said court on the 18th day of August, 1909, appellant was found guilty as charged, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail.

The appeal raises a number of interesting questions, which are presented with great force and clearness.

1. It is contended, among other things, that the precedent steps necessary to put local…