Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1882

Melton v. State

Melton v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided July 1, 1882 · Willson
12 Tex. Ct. App. 552

Melton v. State

Opinion of the Court

Willson, J.

The defendant is charged by information with imputing to a female a want of chastity. The words constituting the alleged slander are not set out in the information. In the case of Lagrone v. State, decided at the present term of this court (ante, p. 426), we held that an information which failed to set forth, at least substantially, the words constituting the imputation, was fatally defective; and we so hold in this case.

The judgment is reversed and the cause dismissed.

Reversed and dismissed.

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