Cox v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Seriously threatening a serious bodily injury is the offense; the punishment, thirty days in jail and a fine of $500.

The charging part of the information alleged that appellant “did then and there unlawfully and seriously threaten to inflict upon A. J. Paschall, a human being, serious bodily injury, to wit, did threaten to maim the said A. J. Paschall by stomping him on or about his head.”

The use of the term, “on or about,” in an indictment or information has been uniformly condemned as alleging neither “on” nor “about.” This is demonstrated by the unbroken line of decisions…