Lewis v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Palo Pinto. Tried below before J. S. Straughan, Esq., Special Judge. This conviction was for misappropriation of public funds, and the penalty assessed by the verdict was a term of four years in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
In the indictment the property is described as follows: “Five thousand five hundred dollars in money, the same being then and there current money of the United States, and of the value of five thousand five hundred dollars, which said money was then and there the property of the said Palo Pinto County.” We are of the opinion that the description is sufficient. A general description of property by name, kind, quantity, number, and ownership is sufficient. Code Crim. Proc., art. 427. Here the property is described by name, that is, money;, by kind, that is, current money of the…
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