Case ID: sw2d_102/html/0215-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "MORROW, Presiding Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

CAMPBELL v. STATE.
    No. 18820.
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Feb. 24, 1937.
    Shropshire & Sanders, of Brady, for .appellant.
    Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.
   MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful sale of whisky in a dry area; penalty assessed at a fine of $100.

It is charged in the information that the appellant unlawfully sold whisky in Brown county, the said county “being then and there a dry area.” The mere averment in the information that the alleged offense took place in a dry area is not a sufficient compliance with the law. In the case of Kelly v. State, 98 S.W. (2d) 998, this court set out- the requisites of an information charging the sale of intoxicating liquor in a dry territory. See, also, Shaffer v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 99 S.W.(2d) 929; Scott v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 99 S.W.(2d) 920; Privitt v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 98 S.W.(2d) 204.

For the reason pointed out, the judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.