Hill v. State

May 24, 1916
No. 4083
Reporters:
Before:
Prendergast
PRENDERGAST, P. J.

Appellant was

convicted of unlawfully mating a single sale of intoxicating liquor in Grayson county after the prohibition law making it a felony was in effect therein, and his punishment assessed at the lowest prescribed by law.

[1,2] The court gave a correct charge, to which there is no objection. No bill of exception is in the record. The sole question attempted to be set up was in the motion for a new trial after conviction, in this: A very meager attempt was made to allege that appellant had before been convicted of the same offense. This was denied and contested by the state. No evidence seems to have been introduced on the question. It was too late to set up such matter after the trial. It must be pleaded under oath before the trial. However, the best we can tell from the record is that appellant was convicted before this trial for unlawfully engaging in the business of selling intoxicating liquors in Grayson county and his sentence suspended. This court has uniformly held that the two offenses, engaging in the business and making, a single sale, are separate and distinct offenses, and a conviction in neither is jeopardy of the other.

The judgment is affirmed.