Case Name: The State v. M. L. McMickle
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1871
Citations: 34 Tex. 676
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. M. L. McMickle.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 676–676

Head Matter:
The State v. M. L. McMickle.
indictment charged, that defendant, “ on or about ” a certain, date,.committed an aggravated assault upon “ one Claiborne, whose name to the grand jurors aforesaid is unknown.” Held, that the time was well laid, and the person assaulted sufficiently described.
Appeal frqm Erath. Tried below before the Hon. A. EL Nortqn.
The head note indicates the facts.
Wm. AlexanderAttorney General, for the State-.. -
No brief for th& appellee-

Opinion:
Osdebt, J.
Thejudgment of the district court in. this case must be reversed, on the authority of The State, p£ Texas v. Sam. Elliot, decided at this term of the court. The time when -the assault was alleged to have been committed was set forth in the indictment with sufficient definiteness to have put the defendant upon his trial, and the court erred in sustaining the exceptions to» the indictment. The other ground of exception to the indictment is. also untenable, and. should have been overruled. The judgment is. reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.