State v. Garrett

Texas Supreme Court
State v. Garrett, 34 Tex. 674 (Tex. 1871)
Ogden

State v. Garrett

Opinion of the Court

Ogden, J.

The indictment in this case describes the property ’ "alleged t'o'have boen stolen, with sufficient certainty.

The offense is set forth in plain and intelligible words • and the indictment describes with sufficient certainty what character of "neat cattle 'was stolen by defendant. And the court erred in quashing the indictment. The judgment is therefore reversed and 'the cause remanded.

-Reversed and remanded.

Reference

Full Case Name
State v. Peter Garrett
Status
Published
Syllabus
'Defendant was indicted for the theft of “ certain neat cattle, to-wit: one beef of the value of fifteen dollars, the property of” a person named. Held, that the property was described with sufficient certainty, and it 'was error to quash the indictment on exceptions for uncertainty in this respect.