Calvert v. State

Citations

• 8 Tex. Ct. App. 538

Syllabus

<p>1. Informations.—All informations shall be presented in the name and by authority of the State of Texas, and shall conclude, “ against the peace and dignity of the State.”</p> <p>2. Same. — The rules prescribed in chap. 3 of the Revised Code of Criminal Procedure with respect to the allegations in indictments, and the certainty required, are also applicable to informations.</p> <p>.3. Variance. —Variance between the allegations of the affidavit upon which an information is predicated, and the information itself, with reference to the ownership of land from which accused is charged with having taken timber without consent of the owner, is fatal to the information.</p>