Lawhon v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is embezzlement; the punishment, five years.

Appellant’s first ground of error is that even though there was no motion to quash the indictment that nevertheless it fails to charge an offense because of the absence of the dollar mark preceding the phrase “108.36 current money of the United States of America of the value of over $50.00.” Reliance is had upon the opinions of this Court in White v. State, 149 Tex.Cr.R. 218, 193 S.W.2d 218; Bledsoe v. State, 151 Tex.Cr.R. 575, 210 S.W.2d 165, and Sanchez v. State, 133 Tex.Cr.R. 634, 113 S.W.2d 893. In White,…