Case Name: Ruben WILSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1951-10-24
Citations: 242 S.W.2d 886
Docket Number: No. 25421
Parties: Ruben WILSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 242
Pages: 886–886

Head Matter:
Ruben WILSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 25421.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 24, 1951.
Ross Hoffman, Brady, for appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Commissioner.
Unlawfully selling whisky in a dry area is the offense; the punishment, a fine of $250 and thirty days in jail.
The information in this case is subject to the same fatal defect as pointed out in Barnett v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 242 S.W.2d 885.
The judgment is reversed and prosecution ordered dismissed.
Opinion approved by the Court.