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BURRIS v. STATE

No. 24541.

227 S.W.2d 538 (1950)

BURRIS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. O. McMillan, Stephenville, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The offense is arson. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant's first complaint relates to the court's action in declining to sustain his motion to quash the indictment, which, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows: "That Jack Burris on or about the 9th day of February, A.D., 1945, and anterior to the presentment of this indictment in the county of Hamilton and State of Texas...

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