Case Name: Joe Volney v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1922-03-08
Citations: 91 Tex. Crim. 238
Docket Number: No. 6730
Parties: Joe Volney v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 91
Pages: 238–239

Head Matter:
Joe Volney v. The State.
No. 6730.
Decided March 8, 1922.
Intoxicating Liquor—Possession of Equipment—Repeal of Law.
The offense upon which the judgment rests having been repealed since the conviction, the judgment must he reversed and the prosecution dismissed. Following Francis v. State, 90 Texas Grim. Rep., 67.
Appeal from the District Court of Williamson—Tried below before the Honorable James R. Hamilton.
Appeal from a conviction of unlawful possession of equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. Penalty, one! year imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
Crits & Lawhon, for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
—The conviction is for the unlawful possession of equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.
The offense upon which the judgment rests having been repealed since the conviction, the judgment must be reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed. See Francis v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep. 67; 235 S. W. Rep. 580.
Reversed & dismissed.