Marshall v. State
This text of 236 S.W. 721 (Marshall v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Appellant was convicted in the district court of Jasper County of the offense of possessing liquor, and his punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiary.
Under numerous authorities of this court it has been held that- the law making the possession of liquor penal was so amended by the recent special Session of the 37th Legislature, as to amount to a repeal of the same. Cox v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 256, No. 6423, and Petit v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 336, No. 6510, decided at the present term but not yet reported. It appearing in the instant case that appellant was prosecuted for a violation of said law, — in accordance with said decisions it will be necessary for us to reverse this case and order its dismissal, which is accordingly done.
Reversed and dismissed.
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