Case Name: SCOGGIN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1936-01-15
Citations: 89 S.W.2d 1002
Docket Number: No. 17841
Parties: SCOGGIN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 89
Pages: 1002–1002

Head Matter:
SCOGGIN v. STATE.
No. 17841.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 15, 1936.
R. L. McGaugh, of Brownwood, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The offense is the unlawful possession of whisky for the purpose of sale; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.
Since the conviction of the appellant on the 9th of March, 1935, the law upon which the prosecution is founded has been repealed. See Guy Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W.(2d) 481, opinion delivered November 27, 1935.
The judgment is reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed.