Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1935

Johnson v. State

Johnson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided November 27, 1935 · Hawkins
88 S.W.2d 488; 1935 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 685 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Johnson v. State

Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for selling whisky; punishment being three years in the penitentiary.

Pending appeal, the law (Pen.Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) under which conviction was had has been repealed. See Acts 44th Leg., 2d C.S., § 49, article 1 of the Liquor Control Act (Vernon’s Ann. P.C. art. 666 — 49), and Guy Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W.(2d) 481, opinion of this date.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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