LAIRD v. STATE

No. 25351.

242 S.W.2d 374 (1951)

LAIRD v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. T. Miller, E. O. Northcutt, Amarillo, for appellant.

John Peterson, County Atty., Roy Snodgrass and McCarthy, Snodgrass, Aikman & Haynes, Amarillo, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the offense of barratry as defined in art. 430, P.C.

The complaint and information contained four counts, all of which were submitted to the jury who returned a general verdict in which they found appellant guilty as charged and assessed his punishment at a fine of $35.

Counts Nos. 1 and 2 charged, in slightly different language, that appellant on or about April 1, 1948, did unlawfully and wilfully instigate...

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