Wooldridge v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Wooldridge v. State

88 S.W.2d 488, 1935 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 627

CourtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas

DecidedNovember 27, 1935

DocketNo. 17788

StatusPublished

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Wooldridge v. State, 88 S.W.2d 488, 1935 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 627 (Tex. 1935).

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HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing whisky for the purpose of sale; punishment being two years in the penitentiary.

Pending appeal, the law (Pen.Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) under which conviction was had has been repealed. See Acts 44th Legislature, 2d C.S., § 49, article 1 of the' Liquor Control Act (Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 666—49), and Guy Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W.(2d) 481, opinion this date.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for possessing whisky for the purpose of sale; punishment being two years in the penitentiary.

Pending appeal, the law (Pen.Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) under which conviction was had has been repealed. See Acts 44th Legislature, 2d C.S., § 49, article 1 of the' Liquor Control Act (Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 666—49), and Guy Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W.(2d) 481, opinion this date.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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