Case Name: Doris ERWIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1959-06-10
Citations: 325 S.W.2d 148
Docket Number: No. 30837
Parties: Doris ERWIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 325
Pages: 148–148

Head Matter:
Doris ERWIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 30837.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 10, 1959.
No attorney on appeal, for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
The offense is the sale of whisky in a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $100.-
The complaint charges no one with the sale of whisky, the place for th.e name of the accused being blank.
The information, not being based upon a valid complaint, will not sustain a judgment of conviction. Simmons v. State, 159 Tex.Cr.R. 125, 261 S.W.2d 720.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution is ordered dismissed.