Hodges v. State

Decided July 1, 1882

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1882-07-01

Tried below before the Hon. C. C. Potter. The opinion states the nature of the case. The punishment assessed by the jury was confinement in the penitentiary for the term of five years

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1925

1 state decisions

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Decided 1882-07-01

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Willson, J.

¶1The indictment charges that the defendant “ did steal from W. H. Casey a certain horse.” It does not state the acts which constitute theft, and is fatally defective. See Williams v. State, decided at present term, for opinion in extenso. (Ante, p. 395.)

¶2Reversed and dismissed.