Robertson v. State

Citations

• 1 Tex. Ct. App. 311

Syllabus

<p>Theft of Cattle—Indictment.—In charging theft of cattle, a designation of the species is sufficient—as cow, steer, ox, and the like—without use of the generic term, “ cattle.” Hence it was not error to overrule a motion to quash an indictment for theft of a “beef steer,” made on the ground that the indictment failed to allege that the animal was of the “species of cattle.”</p>