Case Name: BERRY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-02-14
Citations: 249 S.W. 223
Docket Number: No. 7421
Parties: BERRY v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 249
Pages: 223–224

Head Matter:
BERRY v. STATE.
(No. 7421.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 14, 1923.
Rehearing Denied March 21, 1923.)
On Motion for Rehearing.
1. Indictment and information <S=2Q2(5) — Indictment for manufacture of intoxicating liquor not defective for omitting word “unlaw-, fully.”
In view of Acts 37th Leg. 1st Called Sess.: (1921) c. 61 (Yemon’s Ann. Pen. Code Supp. 1922, art. 58814 et seq.), relating to the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, an indictment for the manufacture of intoxicating^ liquor is not objectionable after verdict because' it omits the word “unlawfully,” in the absence of a motion to quash. ,
2. Indictment and information <S==>I33(1) — ‘ Void indictment may be attacked at any time, but informal indictment must be attacked in limine.
A void indictment may be attacked at any time, but an informal indictment must be attacked in limine.
3.Indictment and Information <®=>73(l) — intoxicating liquors <©=>209 — Indictment charging defendant with .directly and Indirectly manufacturing intoxicating liquor held not repugnant ' nor uncertain. ‘
An indictment charging defendant with directly and indirectly manufacturing intoxicating liquor held not repugnant nor uncertain.
4. Intoxicating liquors <&wkey;236(4) — Proof necessary to sustain indictment for directly and indirectly manufacturing intoxicating liquor stated.
An indictment charging defendant with directly and indirectly manufacturing intoxicating liquor will.he sustained by proof'that defendant was either manufacturing liquor himself, or that his connection therewith was such as to bring him within the statute defining a principal offender.
5. Intoxicating liquors <§=s>216 — Indictment for manufacture of intoxicating liquor need not aver percentage of alcohol.
An indictment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor is not defective because it fails to contain any averment as to the percentage of alcohol.
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Tar-rant County; George E. Hosey, Judge.
E. D. Berry was convicted of unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
John W. Baskin, McLean, Scott & Sayers, and W.W. Alcorn, all of Fort Worth, for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Asst. At'ty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
Conviction is for the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor. Punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.
No bills of exceptions or statement of facts are found. No fundamental error has been pointed out or discovered.
. The judgment is affirmed.
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