Case Name: G. L. Parsons v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 9 Tex. Ct. App. 204
Docket Number: 
Parties: G. L. Parsons v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 204–205

Head Matter:
G. L. Parsons v. The State.
Variance. —Information charged that the defendant committed the offence “by striking him, the said M., with a certain whip, and by attempting then and there to shoot the said M. with a certain pistol, the same being a deadly weapon.” The supporting affidavit charged the defendant with “striking and attempting to shoot him, the said M., with a pistol, the same being a deadly weapon.” Reid, that the variance between the affidavit and the information was fatal, and the defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment should have been sustained.
Appeal from the County Court of Hill. Tried below before the Hon. J. W. Stevens, County Judge.
Abbott & Tarlton, for the appellant.
Thomas Ball, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
White, P. J.
The affidavit or complaint upon which the information was based charged defendant with "striking and attempting to shoot him, the said L. Mayhew, with a pistol, the same being a deadly weapon." The information charged that the offence was committed " by striking him, the said L. Mayhew, with a certain whip, and by attempting then and there to shoot the said L. Mayhew with a certain pistol, the same being a deadly weapon," etc.
This variance was made one of the grounds of the motion in arrest of judgment. The motion should have been sustained, the variance being fatal. Ferguson v. The State, .4 Texas Ct. App. 156.
Reversed and remanded.