Jessel v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Victoria. Tried below before Hon. Ben. W. Fly, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of breaking, pulling down, etc., the fence of another; penalty, a fine of $25. Ho statement required. .
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Under an information charging that appellant did unlawfully break, pull down, and injure the fence of W. A. Wood, he was convicted, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25.
By bill of exception it is shown that, in cause No. 1814 on the docket of the County Court of Victoria County, complaint and information were filed. When the case was called for trial, it was made to appear that the information was defective; and, upon the refusal of the court to grant leave to amend or substitute a good information in lieu of the defective one, the State was forced to dismiss cause No.…
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