Dixon v. State

Citations

• 21 Tex. Ct. App. 517
• 1 S.W. 448
• 1886 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 185

Syllabus

<p>“ Local Option” Law—Indictment—Cases Distinguished.—Indictment or information to be sufficient to charge a violation of the “ local option” law, must allege the name of the person to whom the liquor was unlawfully sold, or, if the name of the said person be unknown to the grand jury, that fact must be alleged. See the opinion in extenso for a review of the authorities on the question, and for the distinction between this case and the cases of Sedberry v. The State, 14 Texas Court of Appeals, 233, and McMillan v The State, 18 Texas Court of Appeals, 375.</p>