Brown v. State

Citations

• 13 Tex. Ct. App. 358
• 1883 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 13

Syllabus

<p>Bribery.—Indictment in its charging part averred that “Elza Brown did offer to bribe William H. Kelso, a witness, to disobey a subpoena, and not to appear before the District Court of Uvalde county, and testify against him, the said Elza Brown.” Held, insufficient; because, 1, it failed to charge any of the acts constituting the offense; 2, because it failed to charge directly and affirmatively the existence of the subpoena, and that it was issued by legal authority; and, 8, because it failed to allege the pendency of the suit and the parties thereto, and to designate affirmatively the witness to whom the bribe was offered.</p>