State v. Brocker

Citations

• 32 Tex. 611

Syllabus

<p>1— In an indictment under Art. 2345, Paschal’s Digest, for wilfully and wan tonly killing or otherwise injuring certain animals, it is not necessary to designate the name of the owner of the animal.</p> <p>2— Art. 2345 is designed for the protection of the animal, irrespective of its ownership; whereas Art. 2344, immediately preceding it, though of very similar import, looks to the protection of the owner against injury of his animals by other persons.</p> <p>8—The case of The State v. Smith, 21 Texas, 748, overruled, in so far as it holds that the words “the property of another” must be supplied by intendment in Art. 2345/</p>