Berry v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft from the person, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years, hence this appeal.

Appellant made a motion to quash the indictment, on the ground that the money alleged to have been stolen was not sufficiently described to allow proof thereunder. The allegation in this respect is as follows: “One ten-dollar bill of lawful currency of the United States of America of the value of ten dollars, and one five-dollar bill of lawful currency of the United States of America, of the value of five dollars,—a more…