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Floyd EWING, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the possession of whiskey in a dry area, with a prior offense of like character alleged for the purpose of enhancement; the punishment, 30 days in jail and a fine of $500.

Our able State's Attorney had confessed error because of the absence of any proof that the appellant was the same person who was convicted in the prior case plead for enhancement.

Such proof is requisite. Gaines v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 274 S.W.2d 397.

The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

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EWING v. STATE
(Feb 15, 1956)