Ordell v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Bandera County of burglary, and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charged that the burglarized house was “occupied by A. Meadows.” Appellant moved to quash the indictment for the reason that the house was not sufficiently described and that an allegation that such house was “occupied by” was not sufficient. In our opinion appellant was wrong. Pyland v. State, 33 Texas Crim. Rep. 382; Scroggins v. State, 36 Texas Crim. Rep. 117; Hasley v. State, 87 Texas Crim. Rep. 444. In his Criminal Forms…