Case Name: J. H. Walker v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 9 Tex. Ct. App. 177
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. H. Walker v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 177–178

Head Matter:
J. H. Walker v. The State.
Pleading.— An indictment or information is fatally defective if it fails to allege that the defendant did the acts constituting the ofifence.
Appeal from the County Court of Bell. Tried below before the Hon. W. M. Minyard, County Judge.
No brief for the appellant.
Thomas Ball Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
Clark, J.
The information in this case, as the same is made to appear in the record before us, fails to allege that the defendant did the acts constituting the offence. This defect has been uniformly adjudged substantial. The State v. Hutchinson, 26 Texas, 111; The State v. Dougherty, 30 Texas, 360 ; Edmundson v. The State, 41 Texas, 496 ; Ewing v. The State, 1 Texas Ct. App. 362; Moore v. The State, 7 Texas Ct. App. 42.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Beversed and remanded.