Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1934

Byrd v. State

Byrd v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided November 14, 1934 · Morrow
76 S.W.2d 134; 1934 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 931 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Byrd v. State

Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Appellant is charged by an indictment containing two counts. The first count charges that he “did then and there unlawfully possess for the purpose of sale liquor capable of producing intoxication.” In the second count it is charged that he “did then and there unlawfully transport liquor capable of produc*135ing intoxication.” The conviction is based upon the second count.

Due to changes in the Constitution and in the statutory law of the state upon the subject upon which the prosecution is founded, we are constrained to hold that the indictment is inadequate to support the conviction. The reason for this conclusion is set forth in the opinion on motion for rehearing in Bob Offield v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 75 S.W.(2d) 882, delivered October 81, 1934, not yet reported [in State Report], Other decisions to the same effect are of record. Among them is Bob Hilterbrand v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 75 S.W.(2d) 884, not yet reported [in State Report],

For the reasons stated,,the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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