Hoskey v. State

Citations

• 9 Tex. Ct. App. 202

Syllabus

<p>1. Indictment — Certainty. — Though usually sufficient to charge an offence in the language of the statute, there are cases in which more certainty is required. All circumstances necessary to constitute the offence must be alleged, and cannot be supplied by mere argument or inference.</p> <p>2. Election Law. — Indictment for keeping open a bar-room on an election-day should allege what the election was for. It is not sufficient to aver that “ an election ” was then and there held.</p>