Terrell v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the robbery of William Van Buren of money, and his punishment assessed at ten years in the penitentiary.

The indictment describes the money as follows: "Seventy dollars in gold, current money of- the United States of America, of the value of seventy dollars; one hundred and sixty dollars in bank notes, current money of the United States of America, of the value of one hundred and sixty dollars, a better description of the money being to the grand jury unknown.”

Qn the trial of the case said Van Burén gave a full description of both the…