Legal Opinion

State v. Norton

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1857PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Wood. Tried below before the Hon. Charles A. Frazer. Indictment for gaming, quashed on motion of defendant. The averment of the indictment, in the particular objected to, is fully stated in the Opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Hemphill, Ch. J.

In this case there is no assignment of error, and the first question is whether the rule, requiring such assignment on appeals in criminal cases, has been repealed by the new Code. The Attorney G-eneral cites in support of the affirmation of this proposition, the following Article of the *104Code of Criminal Procedure, viz. : Art. 1st, “ That this Code “ is intended to embrace fully all the rules applicable to the “ prevention and prosecution of offences against the laws of the “ State.” Section 4, p. 188, “ That from and after the first “ day of February, 1857, all Laws and parts…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Simons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  2. Herrin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
  3. Lynn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  4. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911

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