Case Name: McLEMORE v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-06-15
Citations: 296 S.W. 552
Docket Number: No. 11030
Parties: McLEMORE v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 296
Pages: 552–552

Head Matter:
McLEMORE v. STATE.
(No. 11030.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 15, 1927.
E. P. Padgett, of Hemphill, for appellant. Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
Conviction for leaving open a gate in a fence; punishment, a fine Of $10.
The case was tried by a special judge.' It is required that one acting as such special judge take the oath made necessary by article 555, Vernon's C. C. P. 1925. See Summerlin v. State, 69 Tex. Cr. R. 275, 153 S. W. 890; Weatherford v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 28 S. W. 814. It must be shown from the record that the special judge was legally appointed or selected, and the manner of same and his qualification must appear in the record. Smith v. State, 24 Tex. App. 290, 6 S. W. 40.
For the lack of such showing, the judgment must be reversed, and the cause remanded.