Legal Opinion

Carnes v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 13, 1908No. 3842PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The ppinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

BBOOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $50 and thirty days imprisonment in the county jail.

The indictment in the case charges that appellant sold intoxicating liquor to C. Wiltis. Proof shows a sale to one C. Willis. This constitutes a fatal variance between the allegation and the proof, and forces this court, under well known rules of law, to reverse this case, and it is so ordered.

Reversed and remanded.

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Uppenkamp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. McGinnis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935