Case Name: Swanson BENNETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1956-06-27
Citations: 295 S.W.2d 217
Docket Number: No. 28383
Parties: Swanson BENNETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 295
Pages: 217–218

Head Matter:
Swanson BENNETT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 28383.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 27, 1956.
On Rehearing Oct. 10, 1956.
Charlye O. Farris, Wichita Falls, for appellant.
John H. Mogan, Asst. County Atty., Donald E. Short, County Atty., Wichita Falls, and Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for the sale of whisky in a wet area without a permit, the punishment being assessed at ten days in jail.
The information, as it appears in- the transcript in this case, does not allege the date the offense is alleged to have been committed.
"The indictment, information and complaint, or the complaint when the prosecution is based alone upon a complaint, to be sufficient, must give the day, month, and year of the commission of the offense." Branch's P. C., Sec. 432.
The information, here, is fatally defective because it fails to reflect the date of the offense.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.