Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1936

Johnson v. State

Johnson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided June 10, 1936 · Morrow
95 S.W.2d 419; 130 Tex. Crim. 523; 1936 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 318 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Johnson v. State

Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

offense is the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor; penalty assessed at a fine of $200.00 and confinement in the county jail for thirty days.

The count in the complaint and information upon which the prosecution is based reads as follows:

β€œAnd the affiant aforesaid upon his oath aforesaid, does further swear that he has good reason to believe and does believe and charge, that at the aforesaid time and place in said county and state, the said defendant Walter Johnson, did then anld there unlawfully sell to Bud Johnson one bottle of liquor capable of producing intoxication against the peace and dignity of the State.”

There is no averment to the effect that an election was held and that as a result thereof the sale of liquor in said county was prohibited.

In passing we refer to the case of Whitmire v. State, No. 18,329, in which an opinion was delivered by this court on May 20, 1936, holding an indictment or information similar to that in the present case insufficient to charge the offense.

Upon the authority of the case mentioned, the judgment must be reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed, and it is so ordered.

Reversed and prosecution ordered dismissed.

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