Pancho v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. M. Brackenridge, County Judge. The offense attempted to be charged and for which the appellant was convicted, was betting at a gaming table exhibited for the purpose of gaming. A fine of ten dollars was the penalty-assessed.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
In both the complaint and information in this case, the only allegation as to the name or description given of the accused, is “one Pancho.” One of the requisites of an information is “that it contains the name of0the person accused or (it) be stated that his name is unknown and give a reasonably accurate description of him.” (Code Crim. Proc., art. 430, subdivision 4.) A similarily substantial requisite is prescribed for indictments. (Code Crim. Proc., art. 420.) And it is further provided that “in alleging the name of the defendant, or of any other person necessary to…
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