Williams v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The prosecution is based upon Article 1150, Penal Code of 1925, which denounces as an offense the failure of one driving or controlling an automobile which comes in collision with another to stop and render aid. The punishment is assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.

The indictment was filed April 17, 1925, and charges the offense to have been committed on the 5th of April of that year. The date of the alleged offense, as shown by the statement of facts, is May 5, 1925. This was subsequent to the filing of the indictment. The indictment…