Penny v. State
This text of 250 S.W. 686 (Penny 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
Conviction is for the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of four years.
The indictment charges that the offense took place on October 11, 1921. The State’s evidence tends to support that averment. At that time, however, it was necessary, under Chap. 78, Acts of the thirty-sixth Legislature, 2nd Called Session; that the indictment negative the exceptions contained in the statute and in the Constitution. See Robert v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep. 134. The statute was subsequently amended rendering such averment unnecessary. The Assistant Attorney General concedes that the indictment in the instant case is defective in failing to make the necessary allegations.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
Dismissed.
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250 S.W. 686, 94 Tex. Crim. 277, 1923 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 121, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/penny-v-state-texcrimapp-1923.