Burrus v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the theft of money from the person of T. P. Berry and his punishment assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

The indictment is in accordance with the statute and the form for such indictment under the statute laid down by Judge White in his Annotated P. C., sec. 1531, and is sufficient and valid. The money stolen is described as “twenty dollars of lawful money of the United States.” This was a sufficient description of the stolen money as prescribed by our statutes, and so held by many decisions of this court. Article 468, C. C. P.;…