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81 S.W.2d 533

Stein v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 10, 1935

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1935-04-10

Decided 1935-04-10

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

¶1The conviction is for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

¶2The count of the indictment upon which the conviction is founded is that charging that appellant "did then and there possess intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale.”

¶3The indictment is insufficient to charge an offense.

¶4The subject is discussed in the case of Offield v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 75 S.W.(2d) 882.

¶5The judgment is reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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