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Wilcox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 8, 1943
176 S.W.2d 186 (Tex. Crim. App. 1943)

Opinion

No. 22498.

Delivered December 8, 1943.

Pink Bollworm Law.

This case is similar to and governed and controlled by the case of Williams v. State, No. 22550, (Page 430 of this volume) therefore, the judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed for the reasons stated in the Williams case.

Appeal from County Court of Hidalgo County. Hon. J. C. Looney, Judge.

Appeal from conviction for violation of the Pink Bollworm Act.

Reversed, and prosecution ordered dismissed.

The opinion states the case.

Royce A. Oxford, of Edinburg, for appellant.

Spurgeon E. Bell, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.


This case is similar to, and is governed and controlled by, Williams v. State, No. 22,550, this day decided (Page 430 of this volume). For the reasons therein set forth, the judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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.


Summaries of

Wilcox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 8, 1943
176 S.W.2d 186 (Tex. Crim. App. 1943)
Case details for

Wilcox v. State

Case Details

Full title:H. E. WILCOX v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Dec 8, 1943

Citations

176 S.W.2d 186 (Tex. Crim. App. 1943)
176 S.W.2d 186

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