Janks v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Harrison. Tried below before Hon. A. H. Cooper, County Judge. The opinion discloses the case. The penalty assessed was a fine of $100 against each of appellants.
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Presiding Judge.
Appellants were jointly indicted under *234article 178 of the Penal Code for keeping open a bar-room or saloon where intoxicating liquors were sold during the day of an election held for the election of an alderman for ward No. 3 of the city of Marshall.
Defendants’ motion to quash the indictment was overruled. This motion was based upon the following grounds, in substance, to-wit:
1. Because the indictment charges no partnership between the defendants, nor does it charge that they or either of them owned or controlled said saloon.
3. Because the indictment shows upon its face…
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