Papageorge v. State
Papageorge v. State
Opinion of the Court
ON appellant’s motion for rehearing.
This is a conviction upon complaint and information admittedly predicated upon Art. 941 V.A.P.C. for a subsequent offense of using a seine within the waters of Ingleside Cove, the punishment assessed being a fine of $200.00.
A prior conviction for the same act was reversed because of a defect in the allegations as to the prior convictions. Papageorge v. State, 157 Tex. Cr. R. 119, 246 S.W. 2d 880.
Appellant now contends that insofar as the waters of Ingleside Cove are concerned, Art. 941 V.A.P.C. was repealed by
Ingleside Cove appears to have been excluded from waters closed for the use of seines by the above Act of 1937 and appellant’s contention must be sustained.
We note that by Act of the 47th Legislature (1941) p. 406, Ch. 236, the legislature again prohibited the use of seines in certain waters of Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays which closed waters may include Ingleside Cove. Under that act the distance from the shore line is material in determining whether the waters are closed to the use of seines.
Also in both the 1937 and 1941 Acts the punishment is different from that provided in Art. 941 V.A.P.C.
The original opinion affirming the conviction is withdrawn, appellant’s motion for rehearing is granted, and the judgment is now reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
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