Case Name: Alex Blanks v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1926-01-13
Citations: 105 Tex. Crim. 341
Docket Number: No. 9528
Parties: Alex Blanks v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 105
Pages: 341–342

Head Matter:
Alex Blanks v. The State.
No. 9528.
Delivered January 13, 1926.
Rehearing denied State November 24, 1926.
The opinion states the case.
Cunningham, & Lipscomb, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Attorney, and Robert M. Lyles, Assistant State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The offense is the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.
It appears from the record that the trial was had before a special judge. The record is silent touching the appointment or selection of the special judge, or the reasons therefor, also with reference to the taking of the oath of office. See Smith v. State, 24 Tex. Crim. Rep. 290; Reed v. State, 55 Tex. Crim. Rep. 138; Salazar v. State, 276 S. W. 1105.
For the reason stated, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded. Reversed and remanded.