Case ID: sw2d_76/html/1110-02.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

Charles FRANCIS v. STATE.
    No. 17111.
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Dec. 12, 1934.
    J. A. Johnson, of Stephenville, for appellant.
    Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.
   HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; punishment being one year in the penitentiary.

Under the holding in Offield v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 75 S.W.(2d) 882, and Hilterbrand v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 75 S.W.(2d) 884, the indictment in the present case is fatally defective.

The judgment is reversed, arid the prosecution ordered dismissed under the present indictment.