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44 Tex. 94

State v. Hunter

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1875

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1875-07-01

<p>Appeal from Hopkins. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Andrews.</p>

Decided 1875-07-01

Roberts, Chief Justice.

¶1The indictment was set aside upon exceptions taken to it by the defendant below.

¶2It alleges that the defendant “ did in a court of justice, viz, in the court-house of Hopkins county, and State of Texas, at Sulphur Springs, the District Court of said county of Hopkins being then and there in session, unlawfully *95make an aggravated assault upon one J. W. Strowd, with intent to injure him.”

¶3It is good for a simple assault, because it is unnecessary to state the instrument or means used in committing it. (2 Bishop, 0. P.. sec. 56; State v. Croft, 15 Tex., 576, and numerous cases since following that.) It is good also for an aggravated assault, because it alleges the assault to have been committed “in a court of justice,” describing the court, when and where held, which is exactly in accordance with the code, which makes an assault aggravated “ when committed in a court of justice.” (Paschal’s Dig., art. 2150.) The court erred in setting the indictment aside. Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

¶4Reversed and remanded.

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