Keppler v. State

Citations

• 14 Tex. Ct. App. 173
• 1883 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 149

Syllabus

<p>1. Bail Bond.—Where a bail bond or recognizance is taken after indictment has been found, the very offense of which the principal stands indicted must be named in the bond. It is not sufficient to name merely the class of offenses.</p> <p>2. Same.—All that is required in bail bonds or recognizances taken before indictment is that they shall, in plain language, describe some offense known to our law.</p> <p>3. Same.—Wilful burning is not eo nomine or necessarily an offense under our law, and it was error to overrule a motion to quash a bail bond, taken before indictment, which so denominated the offense for which the accused was bailed.</p>