Martin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hays. Tried below before Hon. B. G. Neighbors, County Judge. Appellant was tried upon an information charging him with a violation of the local option law in justice precinct No. 1, Hays County, Texas. He was convicted, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and imprisonment in the county jail for twenty days.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
By information the appellant was charged with violating the local option law. The sufficiency of the information is-called in question, because the name of the party to whom the liquor was-sold was not averred. A general allegation that the accused sold liquor in contravention of law is too general in its terms to charge this offense. The particular offense, with such circumstances as will identify it, should be alleged; otherwise an accused party would not know what particular sale he is to answer for, and could not be prepared to meet the accusation against him. The…
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