Case Name: Ralph King v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1961-03-29
Citations: 171 Tex. Crim. 34
Docket Number: No. 32,887
Parties: Ralph King v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 34–34

Head Matter:
Ralph King v. State
No. 32,887.
March 29, 1961
WOODLEY, Presiding Judge, absent.
Chas. H. Dean, Plainview, for appellant.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
MORRISON, Judge.
Our prior opinion is withdrawn.
The offense is embezzlement; the punishment, 2 years.
The indictment in this case is fatally defective because it fails to allege the ownership of the funds which were embezzled. This is a matter of substance and may be raised at any time. See Ryan v. State, 76 Tex. Cr. Rep. 510,176 S. W. 49; Osborne v. State, 93 Tex. Cr. Rep. 54, 245 S. W. 928; and Martin v. State, 162 S. W. 2d 722.
For the defect pointed out, the judgment is reversed and the prosecution is ordered dismissed.