Neill v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

In the exercise of its police power to protect the public health, the Legislature, by Art. 709, P.C., Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 709, made it unlawful for any person to sell an article of food to which has been added sulphite. The statute is a valid exercise of legislative power.

Appellant stands here convicted of a violation of that statute under an indictment charging that he "did, then and there unlawfully sell to W. A. Welch an article of food, to-wit, meat, to which had been added sulphite.” The punishment was assessed at a fine of $100.

The indictment was attacked 'by motion…