Burris v. State

227 S.W.2d 538 (1950)

BURRIS

v.

STATE.

No. 24541.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 25, 1950.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1950.

C. O. McMillan, Stephenville, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The offense is arson. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant's first complaint relates to the court's action in declining to sustain his motion to quash the indictment, which, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows: "That Jack Burris on or about the 9th day of February, A.D., 1945,…