Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1936

Soileau v. State

Soileau v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided March 4, 1936 · Hawkins
91 S.W.2d 743 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Soileau v. State

Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing a still for the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment being one year in the penitentiary.

After conviction, the law (Pen.Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) under which the prosecution was had was repealed (Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 666—49). See Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W.(2d) 481.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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