Nowells v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for violation of certain provisions of what is know as the “Dean Liquor Law,” punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The indictment charges in the first count that appellant sold “liquor capable of producing intoxication;” in .the second count he is charged with being in the possession for the purpose of sale of “liquor capable of producing intoxication.” It will be observed that in neither count is the statutory description of the liquor followed; that is, there is no allegation that the liquor was either spirituous, vinous or…