JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 30625.

324 S.W.2d 221 (1959)

Richard JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachry & Jones, by W. M. Zachry, Waco, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, two years.

Appellant contends that the indictment charging him with taking "one (1) cattle guard" does not describe with sufficient certainty the kind or quality of property alleged to have been taken, and therefore it does not apprise him of the nature of the accusation against him.

Cattle guards are commonly known and have been the subject of the statutory law of Texas in...

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