Lopez v. State

Citations

• 42 Tex. 298

Syllabus

<p>1. Instructions. The practice of giving in charge all the provisions of the Code relating to an offense in all its degrees without reference to the facts of the case, which has prevailed to some degree in Texas for nine years, again reprobated.</p> <p>3. District Clerk. Authority to hold the office will not be decided in A collateral proceeding. The constitutionality of an Act under which one holds by appointment the office of district clerk, will not be determined, on the-appeal of a criminal cause with which the clerk has no further connection than as acting clerk, certifying to the transcript.</p>