Williams v. State

Citations

• 3 Tex. Ct. App. 123

Syllabus

<p>1. Murder— Indictment. — The case of Wilkerson v. The State, 2 Texas Ct. App. 255, cited, and the ruling approved that an indictment for murder need not allege in what particular part of the body the mortal wound was inflicted.</p> <p>2. Same. —If the name of the deceased be unknown, the settled practice is to describe him as “ a certain person to the jurors unknown.” “ One-Miles, whose Christian name is to the grand jurors unknown,” is a good description of the deceased in an indictment for murder.</p> <p>3. See evidence held sufficient to sustain a conviction for murder in the first degree.</p>