Case Name: BARR v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1925-01-28
Citations: 271 S.W. 624
Docket Number: No. 8818
Parties: BARR v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 271
Pages: 624–624

Head Matter:
BARR v. STATE.
(No. 8818.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 28, 1925.
Rehearing Denied May 13, 1925.)
1. Criminal law <&wkey;878(3) — 'Verdict of guilty on one of several counts is acquittal as to ‘ others.
Verdict of guilty as to one of several counts acquits accused of .offenses charged in other counts.
2. Criminal law <&wkey;H84 — Judgment may be reformed to conform with verdict on appeal.
Where accused was found guilty of possession of mash for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, judgment, finding accused guilty of “possessing, manufacturing intoxicating liquors, and equipment and mash for manufacture of same,” could be reformed on appeal, under Code Cr. Proc; 1911, art. 838, so as to conform with verdict, and does not require reversal.
<gu»For other eases see same topic and KEY-NUMBER in all.Key-Numbered Digests and Indexes
Appeal from District Court, Taylor County; W. R. Ely, Judge.
Louis Barr w.as convicted of unlawful possession of mash for manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and he appeals.
Judgment reformed and affirmed.
T. A. Bledsoe, of Abilene, for appellant.
Tom Garrard, State’s Atty., and Grover C. Morris,, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The offense is the unlawful possession of mash for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor ; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year. The indictment contained several counts. The first charged the unlawful possession'; the second charged the manufacture ; the third charged the possession of equipment; and the fourth and fifth counts charged the possession of mash for the manufacture qf intoxicating liquors. Each of these counts was, submitted to the jury. There was a verdict finding the appellant's guilt as charged in the fourth count of the indictment, namely, the possession of mash. The court entered a judgment and sentence, finding the appellant guilty of "possessing, manufacturing - intoxicating liquors, and equipment and mash for the manufacture of the same."
There was ample evidence to support the finding of the jury that the appellant was in possession of mash for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor. There was also evidence supporting the oj;her counts in the indictment.
The court properly instructed the jury, in the event of a verdict of guilty, to designate the count. The effect of the verdict is to acquit of all the offense except that charged in the fourth count of the indictment. Appellant insists that the case must be reversed because of the manner i-n which the judgment is entered, and cites Banks v. State, 93 Tex. Cr. R. 117, 246 S. W. 377. The judgment and sentence should have directed that the appellant be confined in the penitentiary for one year for the offense of the "unlawful possession of mash for the purpose of manufacturing intoxicating liquor." This being in accord with the verdict as applied to the charge of the court and the indictment, the judgment will be reformed by this court, in accord with this view. The case of Banks v. State, supra, turns upon the question of election by the state, a subject which is not raised in the present ease. The authority to reform a verdict and the propriety of doing so in a proper case is embraced in article 938, C. C. P., and this authority has often been exerted. See Vernon's Tex. Crim. Stat. vol. 2, p. 900, note 9; also, Pearson v. State, 96 Tex. Cr. R. 453, 254 S. W. 953, 257 S. W. 895; Rambo v. State, 96 Tex. Cr. R. 387, 258 S. W. 827; Guse v. State, 97 Tex. Cr. R. 212, 260 S. W. 852.
The judgment is reformed and affirmed. .