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90 S.W.2d 836

Smoot v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 12, 1936

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1936-02-12

Decided 1936-02-12

HAWKINS, Judge.

¶1Conviction is for possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale, punishment being one year in the penitentiary.

¶2Since the conviction, the law (Pen. Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) upon which the prosecution was predicated has been repealed without any saving clause (Vernon’s Ann.P.C. art. 666 — 4-9). See Meadows v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 88 S.W.(2d) 481.

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

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