Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Nacogdoches. Tried below before Hon. Ton C. Davis. Appeal from a conviction for theft of money; penalty, two years imprisonment in the reformatory. The charging part of the indictment is set out in the opinion. Defendant filed a motion to quash, which was overruled.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the reformatory for a term of two years, and he appeals.
Motion was made to quash the indictment, as well as in arrest of judgment, upon grounds attacking the validity of the indictment. It is contended that the indictment charges no offense against the law; that it is vague, uncertain, unintelligible, and does not set forth a sufficient description of the property alleged to have been stolen. Omitting formal portions, the indictment charges that the defendant “did then and there unlawfully,…
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