Young v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Gonzales. Tried below before Hon. George McCormick. Appellant was prosecuted for theft of a horse, and appeals from a judgment of conviction with penalty assessed at five years in the penitentiary. A statement of facts is not necessary to an understanding of the rulings of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Presiding Judge.
It is a general rule with regard to indictments for theft that the allegation of ownership of the stolen property, being descriptive of the offense, must be proved as alleged. This applies especially to the allegation of the name of the injured party. Our statute expressly provides, that in alleging the name of any person necessary to be stated in an indictment it shall be sufficient to state one or more of the initials of the Christian name and the surname, but when a person is known by two or more names it shall be sufficient to state either name. Code Crim. Proc.,…
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