Legal Opinion

Jordan v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 5, 1922No. 6838Published

1Opinion of the CourtHawkins, J.

Appellant was convicted for having in his possession equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. Punishment was assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

Chapter 61, Acts 37th Legislature, 1st Called Sess. 1921 (Vernon’s Ann. Pen. Code Supp. 1922, art. 588½ et seq.), amending chapter 78 of the Acts of the 36th Legislature, 2d Called Sess. 1919, has been held to have repealed section 1 of said chapter 78, in so far as it made the possession of equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor a crime. See Vernon’s Ann. P. Cart. 16; Cox v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 234 S. W. 531;…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Betts and Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921

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