Thurston v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the County Court of Van Zandt County on September 10, 1909, on an indictment which charged, in substance, that he did in the county of Van Zandt, and State of Texas, unlawfully and wilfully injure and deface a public building then and there held for public use, to wit: the Whitton schoolhouse, by then and there breaking and knocking the windows out of said building.

1. The indictment conforms to the approved precedents in respect to such offense, and such building is a public building within the meaning of article 500 of our Penal Code, which is as…