Case Name: TOWNSEND v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1935-03-20
Citations: 80 S.W.2d 980
Docket Number: No. 17435
Parties: TOWNSEND v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 80
Pages: 980–980

Head Matter:
TOWNSEND v. STATE.
No. 17435.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 20, 1935.
Shropshire & Sanders, of Brady, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is selling intoxicating liquor; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.
Omitting the formal parts, the indictment under which appellant was convicted reads as follows: "Ola Townsend did then and there unlawfully sell to J. A. Volte liquor capable of producing intoxication." The indictment is fundamentally defective for the reasons stated in Offield v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 75 S.W.(2d) 882.
The judgment is reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.