Texas Supreme Court· 7/1/1872
Smith v. State
Citations
- 35 Tex. 500
Syllabus
<p>No principle of law is better settled than that an indictment includes not only the particular grade of the offense specifically charged in it, but also all inferior grades of the same offense; wherefore, a conviction for a simple assault, though found On an indictment for an aggravated assault, is strictly correct.</p>
Judges: Walker
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