Case Name: TREADAWAY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1910-03-30
Citations: 135 S.W. 147
Docket Number: 
Parties: TREADAWAY v. STATE.
Judges: McCORD, J., not sitting.
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 135
Pages: 147–148

Head Matter:
TREADAWAY v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 30, 1910.
On Motion for Rehearing, March 15, 1911.)
1. Indictment and Infokmation (§§ 49, 50 ) ' —Fobm—Intboduction—Conclusion.
Where an. information did not begin, “In the name and by the authority of the state of Texas,” and did not conclude, “against the peace and dignity of the. state,” it was fatally defective.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Indictment and Information, Cent. Dig. §§ 158-160; Dec. Dig. §§ 49, 50. ]
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. Indictment and Information (§ 161 )— Defective Information — Aider. ■
A valid information and complaint filed by B., alleging an offense committed on February 2, 1908, could not aid a defective information and complaint filed by S., alleging an offense committed on February 7, 1908, though both were against the same person.
TEd. Note. — For other' cases, see Indictment and Information, Dec. Dig. § 161. ]
3. Assault and Battery (§ 83 ) — Issues and ' Proof.
On trial of accused for whipping his wife, the court erred in requiring him to answer how many times he had been married, and how many living wives he had, etc.; his conduct toward such other women not being in issue.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Assault and Battery, Dec. Dig. § 83. ]
Appeal from Nacogdoches County Court; C. D. Mims, Judge.
Tom Treadaway was convicted of aggravated assault, and he appeals.
Reversed and remanded.
Ingraham, Middlebrook & Hodges, for appellant. John A. Mobley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, P. J.
Appellant was convicted o'f an aggravated assault, and prosecutes an appeal.
The information as copied in the transcript does not begin, "In the name and by the authority of the state of Texas," nor does it conclude, "against the peace and dignity of the state," as is required by the Constitution and statutes of this state.
This judgment will be reversed, and the ¿cause remanded.
McCORD, J., not sitting.