Case Name: The State v. George Perkins
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1876
Citations: 45 Tex. 10
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. George Perkins.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 10–10

Head Matter:
The State v. George Perkins.
Receiving stolen goods — Indictment.—An indictment for receiving stolen goods must allege the name of the owner of the goods, if known, and the name of the person from whom received.
Appeal from Freestone. Tried below before the Hon. J. B. Rector.
George Clark, Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
Moore, Associate Justice.
The indictment charges the defendant with receiving stolen goods.
While it is unnecessary, in an indictment for this offense, to name the original thief by whom, the goods were stolen, or to allege the time and place of the original larceny, it is essential to state, if known, the name of the owner of the goods. (2 Bishop's Cr. Prac., sec. 928.)
The person from whom they were received must also be alleged in. the indictment. (The State v. Juro, 13 Ind., 338; The State v. Beaty, Phill., 52.)
Li both of these essential particulars the indictment is defective. The exceptions to it were therefore properly sustained.
The judgment is affirmed.
Aeeirmed.