Carr v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for maintaining common nuisance; punishment, a fine of $1000.00.

The charging part of the complaint in this case is as follows:

“Did then and there unlawfully maintain a common nuisance at Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas, the same being a building and structure and place where intoxicating liquor is sold, kept and bartered in violation of the law of this State against the peace and dignity of the State.”

We are constrained to believe said complaint and the information based thereon fundamentally defective, and that same do not charge an offense so as to apprise the…