Case Name: Jess WILLIAMS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1928-05-30
Citations: 7 S.W.2d 1118
Docket Number: No. 11919
Parties: Jess WILLIAMS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 7
Pages: 1118–1119

Head Matter:
Jess WILLIAMS v. STATE.
(No. 11919.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 30, 1928.
Rehearing Denied June 28, 1928.
W. E. Myres, of Port Worth, for appellant. A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
Under an indictment upon two counts', charging the possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale and the transportation of intoxicating liquor, the appellant was convicted of the first count; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period' of two years. No statement of facts accompanies the record. The indictment is attacked upon the ground that it fails to charge that the liquor possessed was either spirituous, vinous, or malt. The term used is "did then and there unlawfully possess for the purpose of sale intoxicating liquor, against the peace and dignity of the state." The point has been specifically decided' against the appellant in the case of Burgess v. State (No. 11,445) 9 S.W.(2d) -, not yet [officially] reported, upon the citation of the following authorities: Tucker v. State, 94 Tex. Cr. R. 505, 251 S. W. 1090; Lenz v. State, 106 Tex. Cr. R. 29, 290 S. W. 168. The judgment is affirmed.