Opinion

Hilliard v. State

  • 151 Tex. Crim. 398
  • 208 S.W.2d 378
  • 1948 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1035
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Feb 11, 1948
Status
Published
Author
Davidson
On the bench
Davidson
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 50.4%

The opinion

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The conviction is for the unlawful transportation of whiskyin a dry area; the punishment, a fine of $100.00.

The information is fatally defective in failing to allege the constituent elements necessary to constitute Andrews County a dry area — that is, that an election was held and that the returns were canvassed, the result declared, and publication made of that result. See: Alexander v. State, 132 Tex. Cr. R. 1 , 102 S. W. (2d) 209 ; Gallagher v. State, 142 Tex. R. 133, 151 S. W. (2d) 819 ; Brown v. State, 135 Tex. Cr. 3, 117 S. W. (2d) 107 .

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

Opinion approved by the Court.

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