State v. Longworth

41 Tex. 162

• Court: Texas Supreme Court
• Decided: July 1, 1874
• Status: Published

Opinion

Moore, Associate Justice.

The exceptions to the indictment were properly sustained. It is manifestly uncertain, indefinite, and ambiguous in its averments, and does not charge appellee with any offense in plain and intelligible words.

From the language of the indictment it is a matter of doubt whether we should infer that the gun was, at the time of the alleged conversion, in the possession of Dignowitty or appellee. The object and purpose, as well as the fact of the bailment, is but vaguely alleged. And there is no allegation whatever showing at what time or to whom the gun was to be delivered, or that it was not delivered in accordance with the terms of the bailment, except the averment in conclusion of the indictment, that appellee “ did then ánd there convert to his own use and benefit said gun,” &c. And as it appears from the indictment that the gun did not belong to Dignowitty, the indictment is also defective in not charging the conversion to have been without the consent of the owner.

The judgment is affirmed.

Aeeirmed.