Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1872PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Milam. Tried below before the Hon. J. M. Onins. There is no occasion for a statement of the facts.

1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.

The appellant was indicted for murder, and was tried and convicted of manslaughter. He was not served with a copy of the indictment, nor with a list of the names of the special venire. The trial was not, in this respect, according to law. Paschal’s Digest, Article 2935, provides that the prison*203er shall be served with a copy of the indictment at least two whole days before he can be arraigned for trial. *

The judgment must be reversed and cause remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

2Cited by1 opinion

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