Loftin v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for the sale of intoxicating liquor with a punishment of one year in the penitentiary.

The indictment alleged the sale of intoxicating liquor but omitted the name of the alleged purchaser. A motion to quash the indictment because of this omission was presented and overruled.

Article 464, C. C. P., reads as follows:

“In an indictment for selling intoxicating liquors in violation of any law of this state, it shall be sufficient to charge that the defendant sold intoxicating liquors contrary to law, naming the person to whom sold, without stating the quantity sold; and,…