Bowman v. State

90 S.W.2d 835
CourtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas
DecidedFebruary 5, 1936
DocketNo. 17892
StatusPublished

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Bowman v. State, 90 S.W.2d 835 (Tex. 1936).

Opinion

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary.

The law (Pen.Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) under which prosecution was had was repealed by the act of the Legislature in November, ’ 1935 (Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 666 — 49), and said repealing statute contains no saving clause for further prosecution or punishment of persons whose cases had not been finally disposed of at the time said act became effective. See Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W.(2d) 481.

The judgment is reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed. '

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Meadows v. State
88 S.W.2d 481 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1935)

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