Case Name: Jeff. Frazier v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1873
Citations: 39 Tex. 390
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jeff. Frazier v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 39
Pages: 390–390

Head Matter:
Jeff. Frazier v. The State.
The crime “ against nature,” or sodomy, is not so described in the statutes of Texas as to be an offense.
Appeal from McLennan. Tried below before the Hon. J. W. Oliver.
Frazier was indicted for sodomy. Exceptions to the indictment were sustained, and the State appealed.
Wm. Alexander, Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
Ogden, P. J.
Under the statutes and decisions of this court, in the case of Fennell v. The State, 32 Texas, 378, we must hold that there is ho such offense known to our law as the one charged in the indictment, and that the court did not err in sustaining the exceptions to the indictment, and the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.