Case Name: BURNS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1936-02-12
Citations: 91 S.W.2d 358
Docket Number: No. 17927
Parties: BURNS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 91
Pages: 358–358

Head Matter:
BURNS v. STATE.
No. 17927.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 12, 1936.
Baker & Baker, of Coleman, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; punishment being two years and six months in the penitentiary.
Since the conviction the law upon which the prosecution was predicated has been repealed without any saving clause. See Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W. (2d) 481.
The judgment is reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed.