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41 Tex. 562

State v. Hartman

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1874

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1874-07-01

Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. The indictment charged “that J. A. Hartman * * * did make an assault and battery in and upon the person of William Brockway, and did then and there strike, beat, bruise, and wound him, the said William Brockway, with a certain piece of plank, giving to the said William Brock-way then and thereby serious bodily injury.” The indictment was quashed, and the District Attorney appealed.

Decided 1874-07-01

Devine, Associate Justice.

¶1The indictment in this case was held defective, on motion to quash, because the indictment failed to charge that the assault and battery was unlawful, and because the indictment did not charge *563that the offense was committed with intent to injure the party upon whom the assault and battery is alleged to have been made.

¶2The indictment was not defective. (See The State v. Allen, 30 Tex., 60; The State v. Lutterloh, 22 Tex., 214, and State v. Hays, decided during this term.)

¶3The court erred in sustaining defendant’s motion.

¶4The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

¶5Reversed and remanded.

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