Case Name: Swanson Bennett v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1956-06-27
Citations: 163 Tex. Crim. 638
Docket Number: No. 28,383
Parties: Swanson Bennett v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 163
Pages: 638–639

Head Matter:
Swanson Bennett v. State
No. 28,383.
June 27, 1956.
State’s Motion for Rehearing Overruled October 10, 1956.
State’s Second Motion for Rehearing Overruled (Without Written Opinion) November 28, 1956.
Charlye 0. Farris, Wichita Falls, for appellant.
John H. Mogan, Assistant County Attorney, Wichita Falls, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for the sale of whisky in a wet area without a permit, the punishment being assessed at ten days in jail.
The information, as it appears in the transcript in this case, does not allege the date the offense is alleged to have been committed.
"The indictment, information and complaint, or the complaint when the prosecution is based alone upon a complaint, to be sufficient, must give the day, month, and year of the commission of the offense." Branch's P. C., Sec. 432.
The information, here, is fatally defective because it fails to reflect the date of the offense.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.