Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 1, 1877Published

Appeal from the District Court of Hunt. Tried below before the Hon. Gr. J. Clark. The indictment was found October 20, 1870. The opinion states the facts of the case.

1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.

When this case was formerly before this court, upon appeal from a judgment of the lower court refusing bail to the appellant, it was said: “We call the attention of the county attorney specially to the indictment in this case, and suggest that a new one might, perhaps, obviate any objections to its sufficiency by setting out more particularly the portion of the body upon which the mortal wound was inflicted,” citing Smith v. The State, 43 Texas, 646, and Nelson v. The State, 1 Texas Ct. App. 41. See Williams v. The State, 1 Texas Ct. App. 465.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Phillips v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
  3. Roseborough v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Smith v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  5. Cochran v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1863

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