State v. Billingsley
Texas Supreme Court
State v. Billingsley, 43 Tex. 93 (Tex. 1875)
Roberts
State v. Billingsley
Opinion of the Court
The indictment in this case for an affray, though not in the usual form according to the precedents at common law, is strictly conformable to the definition of that offense in our Penal Code, and therefore no reason is perceived why it is not a good indictment. (Paschal’s Dig., art. 2011; 2 Whart. Prec., 847.)
Reversed and remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- State v. Billingsley and Davidson
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- Affray—Indictment.—An indictment for an affray, in other respects good, is sufficient if it charges that the parties did, at a time and a public place designated, “unlawfully and willingly fight together.”