Case ID: tex-l-r_3/html/0314-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Willson, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

GILLISPIE v. THE STATE.
    Appeal from Coleman county.
    
      Record — Substitution—Practice.—It was error to substitute lost • papers other than the indictment without notice to the defendant. Such action by the court is either under the inherent power of the court, or under the provision of Art. 1475, R. S., and in either case notice to the defendant is necessary.
    
      Constitutional Law — Indictment, —A doubt is expressed by the court as to whether a lost indictment can be legally substituted, and it is suggested to the state’s counsel to have a new indictment presented by the grand jury. Reversed and remanded.
   Opinion by

Willson, J.