Ewing v. State
Ewing v. State
Opinion of the Court
The indictment in this case is fatally defective because it fails to allege that the defendant “ did” the acts charged as constituting the crime. This word is indis
The record in this case nowhere discloses the fact that the jury trying the case were sworn. Pasc. Dig., Art. 3029 ; Arthur v. The State, 3 Texas, 405 ; Martin v. The State, 40 Texas, 19; Bawcom v. The State, 41 Texas, 189; Edmondson v. The State, 41 Texas, 496; Sutton v. The State, 41 Texas, 513; Bray v. The State, 41 Texas, 560; Burch v. The State, 43 Texas, 376; Rich v. The State, decided by this court at the Austin term, 1876, ante p. 206.
The judgment is reversed and the case dismissed.
Reversed and dismissed.
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