Williamson v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Jones county of the crime of robbery, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of fifteen years. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant contends that the indictment was void; that it charged no offense, because the word “by” was left out of the indictment between the words “and” and “means” in the phrase, “from the person and against the will of the said Bichard Blacldedge and means of said felonious assault made upon the said Bichard Black-ledge with said deadly weapon then and there, etc.” The indictment was…