Case Name: SCHMIDT v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1936-05-20
Citations: 94 S.W.2d 743
Docket Number: No. 18330
Parties: SCHMIDT v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 94
Pages: 743–744

Head Matter:
SCHMIDT v. STATE.
No. 18330.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 20, 1936.
Stollenwerck & Stollenwerck, of Hills-boro, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for violation of the so-called "local option law," punishment as sessed being confinement in the county jail 'for 90 days.
It is averred in the complaint and information that appellant sold whisky "in a dry area, to-wit: Hill County, Texas." Said averment is insufficient to allege a violation of the law. See opinion this day delivered, J. H. Whitmire v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 94 S.W.(2d) 742.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed under the present complaint and information.