Case Name: STONE v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1918-11-27
Citations: 206 S.W. 940
Docket Number: No. 5217
Parties: STONE v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 206
Pages: 940–941

Head Matter:
STONE v. STATE.
(No. 5217.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 27, 1918.)
Criminal Law <&wkey;970(7) — Saving Objection.
In a prosecution under the prohibition law, objection on motion in arrest of judgment, claiming that court did not have jurisdiction because date of prohibition election was not alleged in indictment, was too late.
Appeal from Rains County Court; O. H. Rodes, Judge.
Bill Stone was convicted of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
B. A. Carter and W. F. Shipp, both of Emory, for appellant.
E. B. Hendricks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
PRENDERGAST, J.
On May 25, 1918, appellant was indicted by the grand jury of said county for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors therein after an election had been properly held in that county, at which prohibition carried and the proper orders were made, published, etc. The date of the election was not alleged.
The indictment was transferred from the district to the county court, and appellant was tried in the county court under the misdemeanor clause of said statute. There is no statement of facts. Appellant in no way at the time objected to the trial in the county court, and filed no plea to the jurisdiction, or motion in any way questioning the jurisdiction of the county court, before trial. After his trial and conviction, he then for the first time made a motion in arrest oí judgment, claiming the county court did not have jurisdiction, because the date of the election showing that prohibition was put in force as a misdemeanor was not alleged. His motion came too late, and the court did not err in overruling it. This has been uniformly held by this court in a large number of cases. Garner v. State, 62 Tex. Cr. R. 525, 138 S. W. 124; Hamilton v. State, 65 Tex. Cr. R. 508, 145 S. W. 348; Dobson v. State, 65 Tex. Cr. R. 638, 146 S. W. 546; Mealer v. State, 66 Tex. Cr. R. 145, 145 S. W. 353: Meyer v. State, 65 Tex. Cr. R. 580, 145 S. W. 919; Crawford v. State, 66 Tex. Cr. R. 440, 147 S. W. 229; Ferguson v. State, 66 Tex. Cr. R. 427, 147 S. W. 239; Hart v. State, 67 Tex. Cr. R. 501, 150 S. W. 188; Snell v. State, 68 Tex. Cr. R. 1, 150 S. W. 615; Parker v. State, 68 Tex. Cr. R. 181, 150 S. W. 1184, and other cases.
The judgment is affirmed.
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