Case Name: SEWELL v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1926-10-06
Citations: 291 S.W. 549
Docket Number: No. 10292
Parties: SEWELL v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 291
Pages: 549–549

Head Matter:
SEWELL v. STATE.
(No. 10292.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 6, 1926.
Rehearing Granted Feb. 23, 1927.)
Noah Roark, of Dallas, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., of Austin, and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., of Groesbeck, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, J.
Conviction is for murder; punishment being five years in the penitentiary.
The record discloses that the trial was had before a special judge, but fails to show why or how he was selected, or that proper oath was administered. Article 556, C. C. P. 1925 Rev., and authorities noted under said article in Vernon's C. C. P. vol. 1. See, also, Norman v. State, 102 Tex. Cr. R. 5, 277 S. W. 126, and authorities therein cited.
The judgment must be reversed, and the cause remanded.