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NEILL v. STATE

No. 24423.

225 S.W.2d 829 (1949)

NEILL v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.R. Neill was convicted of unlawfully selling meat containing sulphite, and he appeals.

J. Byron Saunders, of Tyler, for appellant.

Ernest S. Goens, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Affirmed.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

In the exercise of its police power to protect the public health, the Legislature, by Art. 709, P.C., Vernon's Ann.P.C. art. 709, made it unlawful for any person to sell an article of food to which has been added sulphite. The statute is a valid exercise of legislative power.

Appellant stands here convicted of a violation of that statute under an indictment charging that he "did, then and there unlawfully sell to W.A. Welch...

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