POWELL v. STATE

No. 25470.

243 S.W.2d 586 (1951)

POWELL v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 14, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

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


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is wilfully burning grass not his own, as denounced by Article 1388b-1, Vernon's Ann.Penal Code; the punishment, a fine of $500.

Our able State's Attorney has confessed error herein because the indictment fails to allege the requisite elements of the offense. Nowhere in the indictment do we find the allegation that the grass in question was "on lands of which he is not in possession or control at the time of setting such fire"...

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