Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1885

Ware v. State

Ware v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided October 10, 1885 · Willson
19 Tex. Ct. App. 13; 1885 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 156

Ware v. State

Opinion of the Court

Willson, Judge.

An indictment for theft, to be sufficient, must allege that the property was fraudulently taken. The allegation that it w as feloniously taken is insufficient. (Sloan v. The State, 18 Texas Ct. App., 225.) In this case, wherein the defendant has been convicted of the theft of a horse, the indictment is fatally defective because it does not allege that the defendant fraudulently took the horse.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution is dismissed.

Reversed and dismissed.

[Opinion delivered October 10, 1885.]

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