Tatum v. State
Tatum v. State
Opinion of the Court
Burglary is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.
The record is accompanied by no statement of the facts heard upon the trial.
In the motion for new trial the sufficiency of the indictment is challenged, the appellant claiming that the averment of ownership does not
If the precedents are understood, the averment complies with the requirements of the statute defining the offense, as shown by the decisions of this court, many of which are collated in Branch’s Ann. Tex. P. C., page 1271, sec. 2324, among which are the following: Wilson v. State (Texas Crim. App.), 42 S. W., 290; Price v. State (Texas Crim. App.), 58 S. W., 83. See also form of indictment in Branch’s Ann. Tex. P. C., p. 1271, sec. 2322; also Willson’s Criminal Forms (4th Ed.), page 315, Form No. 624.
The judgment is affirmed.
A ffirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Arthur Tatum v. State
- Status
- Published