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80 S.W.2d 968

Allen v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 27, 1935

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1935-03-27

Decided 1935-03-27

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

¶1The offense is possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year. .

¶2Omitting the formal parts, the indictment reads as follows: “In the county and state aforesaid Otis Allen did then and there unlawfully and for the purpose of sale possess liquor then and there capable of producing intoxication.” The indictment is fundamentally defective for the reasons stated in Offield v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 75 S.W.(2d) 882.

¶3The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The 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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