BROWN v. STATE

No. 25057.

238 S.W.2d 787 (1950)

BROWN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

On Rehearing March 21, 1951.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 try the case.

The regular county judge was ill and in the hospital the day the court convened and the lawyers...

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