Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1938

Reed v. State

Reed v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided December 14, 1938 · Hawkins
122 S.W.2d 321; 135 Tex. Crim. 650; 1938 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 849 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Reed v. State

Opinion of the Court

Hawkins, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing whisky at a place where only beer could legally be sold under a “beer permit,” punishment being a fine of $100.00.

The statute under which this prosecution proceeded was held inoperative because of repugnant penalties for the same offense in No. 19804, M. M. Moran v. State, opinion this date [page 645 of this volume.]

The same reasons here make it imperative to reverse the judgment and order the dismissal of the present prosecution.

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