Curtis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Nolan. Tried below before Hon. William Kennedy. The indictment in this case purported to charge the appellant herein with swindling, and at his trial under the same he was convicted, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary. In view of the disposition made of this ease on appeal, it is unnecessary :to state the facts adduced in evidence on the trial.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was indicted for the offense of swindling G. W. Hawkins out of a mule of the value of $110, by means of false pretenses. He was convicted, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled, and defendant appealed.
There is only one question that need be considered, and that is the sufficiency of the indictment. The indictment alleges that defendant, by means of false pretenses, knowingly and fraudulently made by him to G-. W. Hawkins, did induce said Hawkins to deliver to defendant, and…
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