Case Name: W. C. McGee v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1917-11-07
Citations: 82 Tex. Crim. 129
Docket Number: No. 4672
Parties: W. C. McGee v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 82
Pages: 129–129

Head Matter:
W. C. McGee v. The State.
No. 4672.
Decided November 7, 1917.
^Failure to Have Cattle Dipped—Written Notice—Insufficiency of the Evidence.
Where the written notice, if any was given, showed that it was given nearly a year after the complaint and information were filed a conviction for failing to have cattle dipped could not be sustained.
Appeal 'from the County Court of Young. Tried below before the Hon. W. P. Stinson.
Appeal from a conviction of failing to dip cattle; penalty, a fine of ten dollars.
The opinion states the case.
Johnson & Johnson, for appellant.
E. B. Hendricks, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted for failing to have his cattle dipped under certain circumstances requiring such dipping for the eradication of ticks.
The complaint and information charges that this occurred on or about the 6th of July, 1916. There was no written notice given him prior to the filing of the complaint and information and if any written notice has been served upon him at any time the evidence of it is found in the testimony of Dr. Julian. His testimony as that he never did inspect defendant's cattle or premises;-never was at his premises before June, 1917 "I don't know whether defendant's cattle ever had any fever ticks. I gave him a notice to dip his cattle, horses and mules on that day, June 8, 1917." If this is sufficient evidence to show he had a notice, it shows that it was given nearly a year after the complaint and information were filed.
There are other interesting questions in the case but we deem it Unnecessary, in view of this decision, to discuss them.
The judgment will be. reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.