Williams v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Collin. The ease was tried before Hon. W. T. Gr. Weaver, one of the district judges. The case turned upon the propriety of overruling the motion to quash the indictment. The grounds are stated in the brief of the' appellee and the opinion of the court. The defendant was found guilty of an aggravated assault and battery, and fined $100; and he appealed from the judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtLindsay, J.
An indictment was found in this case by the grand jury of Collin county, against the plaintiff in error, for an aggravated assault and battery upon one William Linehan. It was afterwards tried in the district court of the county, and a verdict and judgment had against the plaintiff in error for $100. From that judgment an appeal was taken to this court. The errors assigned in the record are: First, the court had no jurisdiction of the offense *406charged; Second, insufficiency of the indictment; and Third, the grand jurors who found the bill of indictment do not appear to be the grand jury of…
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