Legal Opinion

Leach v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 22, 1904No. 2819PublishedCited by 9 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The indictment charged appellant in the first count with the embezzlement of $2500, the property of Mrs. Loraine Dean; and the second, with the theft of the same property. The conviction was under the first count, the penalty assessed being ten years in the penitentiary. Motion was made to quash the indictment because the venue was not properly alleged. This criticism is hypercritical. It does charge that appellant, “in the county and State aforesaid,” referring to the State of Texas and county of Bexar, previously mentioned, was the agent of Mrs. Loraine Dean, a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Elizando v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1892

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Fambrough v. WagleyTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  2. State v. KeifeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  3. State v. PetersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
  4. Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923

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