Jones v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is robbery. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

Appellant, in due time, filed a motion to quash the indictment upon two grounds: First, that it was vague, uncertain and ambiguous; and second, because Judge Grover Adams, the duly elected, qualified and acting judge of the Criminal District Court of Dallas County, Texas, had died before the indictment-in this case was returned; that by reason thereof the Criminal District Court of Dallas County had no qualified judge presiding over said court to receive the…