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236 S.W. 467

Harris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 4, 1922

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1922-01-04

■ Appeal from District Court, Harrison County; P. O. Beard, Judge. John Harris was convicted of being in possession of equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, and appeals.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1922

2 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Reversed, and prosecution dismissed · Decided 1922-01-04

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HAWKINS, J.

¶1Conviction is for the possession of equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. Punishment assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

¶2The law making possession of equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor an offense was repealed by the last called session of the Legislature, and,- following many other cases disposed of since that time, this judgment of conviction must be reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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