Crass v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn. This appeal is from a judgment of conviction for assault with intent to murder, wherein the punishment was assessed at three years confinement in the State penitentiary. The opinion sufficiently states the facts necessary to an understanding of the rulings.
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, Presiding Judge
Appellant was indicted for an assault with intent to murder one D. C. Walden, and the offense was alleged to have been committed on the 19th day of December, 1890. This indictment was presented and filed in the District Court on February 19,1891.
It is a well settled rule of criminal practice that the date of an alleged offense as stated in an indictment is not binding upon the State, and is only material in reference to the bar of limitations, and to show that the offense was committed anterior to the presentment of the indictment. The time of the commission of the offense laid in the…
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