Case ID: tex-crim_133/html/0588-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "HAWKINS, Judge. —", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

FEBRUARY 9, 1938
    Wayland Alexander v. The State.
    No. 19349.
    Delivered February 9, 1938.
    
      The opinion states the case.
    
      Ramey A. Smith, of Sulphur Springs, for appellant.
    
      Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.
   HAWKINS, Judge. —

Conviction is for possessing whisky for the purpose of sale, punishment being a fine of one hundred dollars.

We observe that while the complaint alleges that appellant possessed the whisky for the purpose of sale, the information omits the italicized words, charging only that he possessed whisky. No offense is charged in the information. Petit v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 336, 235 S. W., 579; Williams v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 455, 235 S. W., 1092.

The judgment is reversed and prosecution ordered dismissed under the present information.

Reversed and prosecution ordered dismissed.