DocketNumber： No. 18056
Citation Numbers： 92 S.W.2d 249, 1936 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 807
Judges： Krueger
Filed Date： 3/18/1936
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 11/14/2024
The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of unlawfully possessing spirituous liquor for the purpose of sale; and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of one year.
Pending the appeal of this case, the law (Pen.Code 1925, art. 666 et seq., as amended) under which this conviction was had has been repealed. See Acts of the 44th Legislature, 2d Called Session, section 49, article l, c. 467, Liquor Control Act (Vernon’s Ann. P.C. art. 666 — 49); and the rule announced by this court in the case of Guy Meadows v. State, 88 S.W.(2d) 481.
It is therefore ordered that the judgment of the trial court be and the same is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.