Case Name: CAMPBELL v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1937-02-24
Citations: 102 S.W.2d 215
Docket Number: No. 18820
Parties: CAMPBELL v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 102
Pages: 215–215

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.