Mathews v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the theft of cattle, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of three years; hence this appeal.

Appellant made no motion to quash the indictment. In the motion for a new trial, however, as one of the grounds of his motion he sa}rs that the indictment fails to charge any offense- against the laws of the State of Texas, and fails to allege theft of any specific property from any person. Appellant assigns as error the action of the court in failing to arrest the judgment, and the specific ground pointed out is that in…