American Plant Food Corporation v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

These appeals are from convictions for the offense of water pollution; punishment was assessed at a one thousand dollar fine in each cause.

The first ground of error attacks the statute under which this conviction was obtained; contending it is void because Article 698c, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., Section 21.553 of the Water Code, and Article 7621d-2, Sec. 3.05, Vernon’s Ann.C.S., all define this same offense yet provide for different penalties, thereby rendering the statutes so indefinite as to be inoperative, citing Stevenson v. State, 145 Tex.Cr.R. 312, 167 S.W.2d 1027.

Initially…