Case Name: JOHNSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1935-11-27
Citations: 88 S.W.2d 488
Docket Number: No. 17764
Parties: JOHNSON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 88
Pages: 488–488

Head Matter:
JOHNSON v. STATE.
No. 17764.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 27, 1935.
Jesse Owens, of Vernon, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for selling whisky; punishment being three years in the penitentiary.
Pending appeal, the law (Pen.Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) under which conviction was had has been repealed. See Acts 44th Leg., 2d C.S., § 49, article 1 of the Liquor Control Act (Vernon's Ann. P.C. art. 666 — 49), and Guy Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W.(2d) 481, opinion of this date.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.