Case Name: Manuel Talamentez v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1933-05-03
Citations: 123 Tex. Crim. 580
Docket Number: No. 15919
Parties: Manuel Talamentez v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 580–580

Head Matter:
Manuel Talamentez v. The State.
No. 15919.
Delivered May 3, 1933.
Reported in 59 S. W. (2d) 1084.
The opinion states the case.
L. J. Brucks, of Hondo, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, Judge.
for theft; punishment, four years in the penitentiary.
The indictment in this case contained four counts; three charging burglary and one charging theft. At the request of appellant the state elected to try upon the count charging theft. Our attention is attracted by the fact that said count fails to allege the ownership of the property said to be stolen. Such allegation is uniformly held to be necessary. The conviction can not stand in the absence of a good indictment.
The judgment will be reversed, and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.