Ridgeway v. State

Roberts, Chief Justice.

The indictment in this ease for theft is defective, in omitting entirely a part of the definition of the offense, to wit, “ with intent to deprive the owner of the value of the same.”

This was made the ground of a motion in arrest of judgment, which was overruled by the court.

In this ruling the court erred, for which the judgment must be reversed. (The State v. Daugherty, 30 Tex., 360; The State v. Huston, 12 Tex., 245; Marshall v. The State, 31 Tex., 474.)

It is proper to remark also that the description of the property alleged to be.stolen was hardly sufficient. It was…