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317 S.W.2d 53

Patton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 22, 1958

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1958-10-22

Relies on 164 Tex. Crim. 544 - Warren v. State · Patton v. State

Decided 1958-10-22

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

¶1The offense is the possession of whiskey for the purpose of sale in a dry area; the punishment, sixty days in jail and a fine of $500.

¶2Our able State’s Attorney confesses error in two respects, and-we agree.

¶3The complaint charged the offense to have 'been committed in Precinct #4, Lipscomb County; the Information charged that it occurred in Justice Precinct #4 of said county, while the proof showed that the prohibition election was held in Commissioners’ Precinct #4. Such a complaint is insufficient to support the information because of the variance. Our holding in Patton v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 312 S.W.2d 678, calls for a reversal of this conviction.

¶4The statement of facts fails to reveal that the whiskey in question was found in Lipscomb County, and therefore the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. Warren v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 300 S.W.2d 953, and cases there cited.

¶5The. judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

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