Sparks v. State

Citations

• 35 Tex. 349

Syllabus

<p>Indictment charged defendant with the theft of four beef steers from the-possession of one 0., proceeding with the following jargon,—“without his consent, intent to deprive him, the owner, of the value of the same, and to appropriate the to the use himself, the said George Sparks.” Held, a nonsensical accumulation of words; and this court expresses surprise that a trial and conviction should have been permitted upon such an indictment.</p>