Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1935

Wooldridge v. State

Wooldridge v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided November 27, 1935 · Hawkins
88 S.W.2d 488; 1935 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 627 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Wooldridge v. State

Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing whisky for the purpose of sale; punishment being two 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Pending appeal, the law (Pen.Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) under which conviction was had has been repealed.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 Legislature, 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 this date.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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