Cantu v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. George H. Noonan. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Ector, Presiding Judge.
The appellant was indicted at the February term, 1876, of the district court of Bexar county, charged with stealing a watch, valued at $50, from the house of Joseph McGinty. He was convicted by the jury, and his punishment assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.
We do not think that defendant’s exceptions to the indictment were well taken, and, therefore, they were properly overruled by the district court.
The indictment was presented on the 8th day of March, 1876. On the 24th of March following the counsel for the defendant filed his motion to quash the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Van Brown v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1871