Robertson v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted in the district court of Bastrop county on a charge of unlawfully and fraudulently taking from the possession of G. H. Jenkins, without his knowledge or consent, and with intent to convert to his own use, “ a certain yellow and white pieded beef steer.”

A motion was made to quash the indictment, “because the indictment attempts to charge the defendant with the commission of a felony, and fails to do so in that the property alleged to be stolen is not alleged to be of the species of cattle.” The motion to quash was overruled by the court, and the…