Legal Opinion

Campbell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 24, 1937No. 18821PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for violating the liquor law; punishment, a fine of $100.00.

Appellant was charged with selling to J. M. Allison whisky *42in Brown County, Texas, the same being a dry area. Nothing in the complaint or information shows when and how, or in what manner Brown County became a dry area. The complaint and information are insufficient. See Whitmire v. State, 94 S. W. (2d) 742; Schmidt v. State, 94 S. W. (2d) 743.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

Reversed and prosecution ordered dismissed.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Whitmire v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936
  2. Schmidt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Haines v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965