Ham v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Violation of one of the provisions of article 666, P. C., 1925, is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year and six months.

In the count of the indictment upon which the conviction rests it is charged that the accused “did then and there unlawfully transport a still for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor.” The statute declares that it shall be unlawful to “knowingly” transport a still for the manufacture of intoxicating beverages. The omission of the word “knowingly” is deemed fatal to the sufficiency of the indictment. The word…