Case ID: tex-crim_135/html/0035-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Christian, Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Bill Risinger v. The State.
    No. 19795.
    Delivered June 1, 1938.
    The opinion states the case.
    
      R. E. Eubank and Chas. Roach, both of Paris, for appellant.
    
      Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.
   Christian, Judge.

The offense is selling whisky in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $100.

We find in the record an information in which it is stated that a complaint had been filed. The complaint is not brought forward. In the absence of a complaint it becomes the duty of this Court to order a reversal of the judgment.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.