Rogers v. State

Gould, Associate Justice.

Appellant was tried and convicted under an indictment for burglary at the September Term, 1874, of Montgomery District Court. The case was regularly returned and docketed at the late Galveston Term, where it was submitted on briefs. On examination it was found that the transcript of the record did not contain any written charge, and further, the certificate to the transcript was found to be defective, stating simply that it contained true copies of the indictment and certain other specified papers and entries. In the brief of counsel for appellant the absence of a…