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91 Tex. Crim. 480

239 S.W 952

Blakeley v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 12, 1922

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1922-04-12

<p>Intoxicating Liquor—Possession—Indictment—Sale.</p> <p>An indictment for the possesion of intoxicating liquor under, the present law can he maintained only where the possession is for the purpose of sale. Following Francis v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 67, and other cases.</p>

Decided 1922-04-12

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

¶1 —The conviction is for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors.

¶2*481 The offense was committed prior to the enactment of Chap. 61 of the Acts of the Thirty-seventh Legislature, amending Chap. 78 of the Acts of the 36th Leg., 2nd Called Session, in which amendment the definition of the offense was changed.

¶3 An indictment for the possession of intoxicating liquor under the present law can be maintained only where the possession is for the purpose of sale: The insufficiency of the indictment charging the

¶4 offense of which the appellant is convicted requires that the causo be reversed and the prosecution dismissed. This is conceded by the Assistant Attorney General. See Francis v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 67; 235 S. W. Rep. 580, and Ex parte Mitchum, 91 Texas Crim. Rep. 62, 237 S. W. Rep. 935-936.

¶5 Reversed and dismissed.

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