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88 S.W.2d 493

Dew v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 27, 1935

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1935-11-27

Decided 1935-11-27

HAWKINS, Judge.

¶1Conviction is for possessing whisky for the purpose of sale; punishment being two years and six months in the penitentiary.

¶2Pending appeal, the law (Pen. Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) under which conviction was had has been repealed. See Acts 44th Leg. 2d Called Sess. § 49, article 1, of Liquor Control Act (Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 666 — 49), and Guy Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W.(2d) 481, opinion this date.

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

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