State v. Black
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Madison. The ease was tried before Hon. ¡N". H. Davis, one of the district judges. Black and a number of others were indicted for stealing cotton. The indictments were quashed, on the ground that H. B. Munnerlyn was not a sufficient description of the person injured. The state appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLindsay, J.
—In each of these cases the indictment was for the offense of stealing cotton, the property of “ H. BA Munnerlyn. Upon motions of defendants’ attorneys the indictments were quashed, upon the ground that “H. B.” was no Christian name of the alleged owner of the cotton.
We think the exceptions to the indictments in these cases were not well taken. Initials are a sufficient designation of the Christian names of third persons whose names it is necessary to introduce into indictments. The rigid rule of the common law is not required in naming an injured party whose name is used in indictments, as…
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