Case Name: Fessor Sonie FROST, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1963-06-19
Citations: 368 S.W.2d 948
Docket Number: No. 35954
Parties: Fessor Sonie FROST, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 368
Pages: 948–949

Head Matter:
Fessor Sonie FROST, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 35954.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 19, 1963.
Howard B. Law, James Keith Marks, Dallas, for appellant.
Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Emmett Colvin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.
The offense is transporting whisky in a dry area; the punishment, 50 days in jail.
The state confesses error and suggests reversal because of a fundamental defect in the complaint and information.
An examination of the state's pleadings shows failure to allege publication of the order declaring the result of the local option election, which is fatal. Gallagher v. State, 142 Tex.Cr.R. 133, 151 S.W.2d 819.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution under the complaint and information is ordered dismissed.