Dalton v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted and his punishment fixed at two years confinement in the penitentiary, under an indictment charging theft, of “one hundred and ten and no 100 Dollars, in money, then and there current money of the United States, and of the value of one hundred and ten and no 100 Dollars,” etc. The appellant filed a motion to quash the indictment on the ground that the money was not sufficiently described. There are some cases which hold that an indictment describing the money, must state the character and kind of money—that is, the denomination of the bills. But there…