CHADWICK v. STATE

No. 25990.

252 S.W.2d 165 (1952)

CHADWICK v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 29, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. S. Farmer, Waco, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is the possession of whiskey in a dry area for the purpose of sale; the punishment, six months' confinement in jail and a fine of $500.

The complaint and information herein charge the offense to have occurred on the "7th day of March, 19452."

We cannot presume against the accused that the State meant something other than what they plead.

"The allegation of an impossible date as the date of the commission of the...

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