Lacy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was convicted in the court below upon a charge, by indictment, for horse theft, and given as his punishment a term of five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. It is unnecessary that the facts in the case be reproduced.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Defendant was indicted for horse theft in Matagorda County, the venue changed by agreement to Wharton County, where the trial resulted in a conviction, and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary. There are three questions that need to be considered in this case.
1. The defendant objected to the indictment on the ground that one of the grand jurors was an alien, and was unauthorized to sit on the grand jury and participate in the proceedings, and that he had a right to raise this objection, under article 523, Code of Criminal Procedure. The objection goes…
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