Guidry v. State

31 S.W.2d 633, 116 Tex. Crim. 294, 1930 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 746

Opinions

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, punishment being one year and a day in the penitentiary.

Officers of Jefferson County discovered appellant operating a still across a bayou in Hardin County. The prosecution was in Jefferson County. The court told the jury that an offense committed on the boundary of two counties, or within 400 yards thereof could be prosecuted in either county, (Art. 190 C. C. P., Rev. Stat. 1925,) and required them to find that the offense was committed in Jefferson County or within 400 yards of the boundary. No objection was interposed to such instruction. The only question presented here is that the evidence fails to show that the still was being operated within 400 yards of the county line. No bill of exception in any form presents the complaint. It would be a sufficient answer to refer to Art. 847 C .C. P. (Rev. Stat. 1925) which requires this court to presume that venue was proven unless an issue was made upon that point in the trial court, which was not done in the present case. See McGlasson v. State, 38 Tex. Cr. R. 351, 43 S. W. 93; Garrett v. State, 61 Tex. Cr. R. 514, 135 S. W. 532. Other authorities are collated in Note 5, under Art. 847, Vol. 3, Vernon’s Am. C. C. P. of Texas.

If the question had been properly raised in the trial court the evidence shows without contradiction that the still was being operated within 400 yards of the Jefferson County line.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed,