McNeil v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

—Conviction is for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. Punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for four years.

The indictment was returned November 5th, 1921, and contained eleven counts, all charging the date of the alleged offense to have been June 22d, 1921. The Act of the thirty-seventh Legislature, Chapter 61, page 233, 1st and 2d Called Sessions, 1921, amendatory of Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 78 of the 2d Called Session of the thirty-sixth Legislature did not become effective until November 15th, 1921, so the prosecution of necessity…