Black, Jr. v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment assessed is death.

Appellant’s first contention is that the court erred in overruling his motion to quash the indictment on the ground that it charged no offense against the law of this State. The indictment, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows: “* * * That on or about the 9th day of June, A. D. 1938, and anterior to the presentment of this Indictment, in the County and State aforesaid, Francis Marion Black Jr. and Guinevere Kerns Black did, then and there unlawfully, voluntarily, and with malice aforethought, kill Marvin Dale…