May v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Defendant filed a motion to quash, and also a motion in arrest of judgment, both based upon the alleged insufficiency • of the indictment. The exceptions to the sufficiency of the indictment are set forth in the opinion. Both motions were overruled.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of illegal voting,
and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.
Error is assigned on account of the refusal of the court to quash the indictment. Appellant insists the indictment is defective on two grounds: (1) Because it nowhere alleges that the Prairie Hill schoolhouse, where it is alleged defendant illegally voted, was the place selected by the Commissioners Court of Bosque County, Texas, for the holding of the election at said precinct; (2) because it is nowhere alleged that appellant voted for any men…
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- Ex Parte SegarsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
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