Case Name: S. D. Stone v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1882
Citations: 12 Tex. Ct. App. 193
Docket Number: 
Parties: S. D. Stone v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 193–194

Head Matter:
S. D. Stone v. The State.
Theft.— An information for theft which alleges no ownership of the stolen property is fatally defective.
Appeal from the County Court of Brown. Tried below before the Hon. J. S. Cleveland, County Judge.
The case is stated in the opinion.
No brief for the appellant.
H. Chilton, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
Hurt, J.
The appellant was convicted of the theft of an iron kettle, with a hole in the bottom, of the value of two dollars. The charging part of the information is as follows: "that S. D. Stone, in the county of Brown and State of Texas, on the 1st day of February, A. D. 1880, did then and there steal an iron kettle, being about a ten-gallon kettle, with a hole in same on side or bottom; same being valued at two dollars; contrary to law, and against the peace and dignity of the State."
This information is worthless. It fails to give the name of the owner of the kettle. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.