Bloodworth v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is making a false statement as to the amount of motor fuel used with a view of obtaining a refund of the tax upon motor fuel. The punishment assessed is confinement in the county jail for sixty days and a fine of $750.00.

At the very threshold of this case, we are confronted with the sufficiency of the indictment and the court’s action in overruling a motion to quash the same. The indictment, omitting the formal parts, reads in substance as follows. “That on or about the 7th day of May, A. D., 1938, and anterior to the presentment of this Indictment, in the County of…