State v. Hilton

Citations

• 41 Tex. 565

Syllabus

<p>1. Venue.—An indictment must appear by direct averment to have been presented by a grand jury of the proper-county.</p> <p>2. Criminal procedure.—An indictment describing the grand jurors by which it is presented as “duly elected, impaneled, sworn, and charged to inquire into and true presentment make of all offenses committed in the county of-, in said State, cognizable in the District Court held in and for the county of Titus and State aforesaid : ” Held, defective on exceptions.</p> <p>S. Amendment op indictments.—Such defect could have been corrected by amendment.</p>