Case Name: BLANKS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1926-01-18
Citations: 288 S.W. 452
Docket Number: No. 9528
Parties: BLANKS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 288
Pages: 452–452

Head Matter:
BLANKS v. STATE.
(No. 9528.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 18, 1926.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 24, 1926.)
Cunningham & Lipscomb, of Bonham, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., of Austin, and Nat Gentry, Jr., Asst. State’s Atty., of Tyler, for the State,

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The offense is the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.
It appears from the record that the trial was had before a special judge. The record is silent touching the appointment, or selection of the special judge, or the reasons therefor, also with reference to the taking of the oath of office. See Smith v. State, 24 Tex. App. 290, 6 S. W. 40; Reed v. State, 55 Tex. Cr. R. 138, 114 S. W. 834; Salazar v. State, 102 Tex. Cr. R. 189, 276 S. W. 1105.
For the reason stated, the judgment is reversed and the cáuse remanded.