Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1921

Gipson v. State

Gipson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided November 16, 1921 · Hawkins
234 S.W. 912; 1921 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 647 (South Western Reporter)

Gipson v. State

Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, J.

This appeal was from conviction for murder, in which punishment was assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

By proper bills of exception it is made to appear that the grand jury which returned the indictment was composed of ten men and two women. Under authority of the case of Dick Harper v. State (No. 6369) 234 S. W. 909, recently decided, the indictment is void, and the judgment will be reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed.

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