Case Name: Elmer Freeman v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1952-06-25
Citations: 157 Tex. Crim. 478
Docket Number: No. 25,930
Parties: Elmer Freeman v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 157
Pages: 478–478

Head Matter:
Elmer Freeman v. State.
No. 25,930.
June 25, 1952.
Hon. Guy H. McNeely, Judge Presiding.
Ray Martin, Wichita Falls, for appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is misdemeanor theft; the punishment, 30 days in jail and a fine of $200.00.
Our able state's attorney has confessed error herein because of a fatal defect in the information. He calls our attention to the fact that it fails to allege that the property stolen was taken from the possession of the owner, or from one who had possession thereof at the time it was taken.
Such an information does not charge an offense. Robinson v. State, 71 Tex. Cr. R. 561, 160 S. W. 456; Henley v. State, 135 S. W. 133; Taylor v. State, 86 Tex. Cr. R. 463, 217 S. W. 937; Ryan v. State, 76 Tex. Cr. R. 510, 176 S. W. 49.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.