Case Name: HARDIN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1937-01-27
Citations: 101 S.W.2d 265
Docket Number: No. 18744
Parties: HARDIN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 101
Pages: 265–265

Head Matter:
HARDIN v. STATE.
No. 18744.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 27, 1937.
Mahan & Broughton, of Childress, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The conviction is for the unlawful possession for the purpose of sale' in a dry territory of liquor containing alcohol in excess of one-half of 1 per centum by volume; penalty assessed at a fine of $200.
The information upon which the prosecution is based is insufficient to charge the offense because it fails to allege the holding of an election in the particular county resulting in the prohibition of the act charged. See Kelly v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 98 S.W.(2d) 998; Whitmire v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 94 S.W.(2d) 742; Coleman v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 97 S.W.(2d) 701; also Privitt v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 98 S.W.(2d) 204.
For the reason stated, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.