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77 S.W.2d 677

Fox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 2, 1935

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1935-01-02

Decided 1935-01-02

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

¶1The offense is selling intoxicating liquor; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

¶2Omitting the formal parts, we quote the indictment as follows: “On or about the 5th day of November, A. D. 1933, and anterior to the presentment of this indictment, one Boh Eox in the County of Johnson and State of Texas, did then and there unlawfully sell to J. B. Malone liquor capable of producing intoxication.”

¶3The indictment is fundamentally defective for the reasons stated in Offield v. State (Tex. Cr.. App.) 75 S.W.(2d) 882.

¶4■ The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

¶5PER CURIAM.

¶6The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals, has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.

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