McClanahan v. State
Citations
- 21 Tex. Ct. App. 429
- 2 S.W. 813
- 1886 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 167
Syllabus
<p>Obstructing Public Road, Etc.—Information—Article 405 of the Penal Code provides as follows: “ If any person shall wilfully obstruct or injure, or cause to be obstructed or injured, in any manner whatsoever, any public road or highway, or any street or alley in any incorporated town or city, or any public bridge or causeway, he sháll be ñned,” etc. Held that the offense denounced by the said article is the obstruction of any public road or highway, or any street or alley in any incorporated town or city, and that it does not embrace the obstruction of any road other than & public road, or street or alley in an unincorporated town or city. The information in this case, alleging the obstruction of a “certain road in the unincorporated town of Glen Rose,” charges no offense against the laws of this State.</p>
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- information fatally defective that did not allege obstruction of public road in any incorporated town
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