Drummond v. State

Citations

• 4 Tex. Ct. App. 150

Syllabus

<p>Indictment — Amendment.—The allegation in an indictment of the time or date of the commission of the offense is an allegation of a substantial, and not one of a formal, nature. Wherefore, a mistake in that allegation^ though obviously clerical, is not susceptible of amendment. The State v. Elliot, 34 Texas, 148, contra, overruled.</p>