Burley v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appeal is from a conviction for possessing for the purpose of sale intoxicating liquor, punishment being one year in the penitentiary.

The indictment contained only one count and was drawn under Article 666, P. C. (1925), which denounces as a crime the possession for the purpose of sale of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors capable of producing intoxication. Article 667 P. C. (1925) also denounces as a crime the possession for the purpose of sale of any potable liquor containing in excess of one per cent of alcohol by volume, but there was no attempt to charge this offense in…