McKenzie v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, death.

The appellant, in his first ground of error, complains that the trial court erred in not granting his oral motion to quash the indictment on the ground that it does not sufficiently allege the elements of the offense of murder by arson. The formal parts having been omitted, the indictment reads as follows:

“One F. L. McKenzie, hereinafter styled Defendant, in the County of Tarrant and State aforesaid, on or about the 5th day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Eight did then and there…