Revised edition of White's Penal code, embracing all penal legislation down to and including the acts of the fourth called session of the thirty-first ... to include the 56th volume of Texas Criminal

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ... violating the local option law is inadmissible. Taylor v. St., 54 T. Cr. 90 (111 s. W. 932). (6) Enjoining of defendant from running ten pin alley--testimony as to, is inadmissible either for impeachment or original evidence. Taylor v. St., 54 T. Cr. 90 (111 S. W. 932). B. Local option and election. See Miscellany, next preceding note, and captions Defense and Construction and elements. (a) Result of electionorders declaring. Orders, decrees and declaration of result and publication of order declaring result is proper evidence. Green v. St., 53 T. Cr. 534 (110 S. W. 929). (b) Irregular certificate of pub1ication--in this case was not inadmissible when construed in the light of other records and facts in case. Harryman v. St., 53 T. Cr. 474 (110 S. VV. 926). (c) Orders of the commissioners' court, being part and parcel of its minutes, are not inadmissible as being other orders and not pertaining to local option law in question. Coleman v. St., 58 T. Cr. 578 (111 S. W. 1011). (d) Injunction to prevent operation of local option, pending, was properly excluded. Keller v. st, 4o T. Cr. ass (81 s. W. 1214). (e) Certificate of publication. Order in clerk's handwriting where nothing is shown that it is not an oflicial act. See Coleman v. St., 54 T. Cr. 396 (112 s'. W. 1072). C. Miscellany. Testimony that the town in which Whiskey was alleged to have been sold was in the alleged local option territory; that defendant was a tenant of prosecutor and had revenue license for sale of malt liquors, is admissible. Coleman v. St., 53 T. Cr. 578 (113 S. V. 1011). Extenuation and mitigation of punishment, exclusion of evidence in, when minimum penalty is assessed is not reversible error. Huff v. St., 51 T. Cr. 550 (103 S. V. 629). Other clubrooms, admitting testi...