Hardin v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Red River County, of fraudulently disposing of mortgaged property, and his punishment fixed at three years confinement in the penitentiary.. Upon his trial, a motion was made to quash the indictment, because of the fact that it charged no offense, and that the mortgage referred to was not set out either in haec verba, or in substance, and that no declaration of any specific indebtedness, such as could be recovered upon in a civil suit, appeared therein.

The charging part of the indictment is as follows;.“George. Hardin, . .. .…