Shurley v. State

Mar 15, 1907
Reporters:
,
Before:
Caluoon
Caluoon, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The indictment charged the assault as made ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍on J. E. Thomp*420son and was duly presented and filed in the court. It appears as admitted that the prosecuting officer himself changed it hy ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍erasing the name of J. R. Thompson and substituting the name of W. E. Dodcl for it as the man assaulted. Because of this change the defendant ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍made a motion to quash which was erroneously overruled. If the indictment before us was amendable at all, which we do not decide, it ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍could be done only in strict conformity with Code 1906, § 1509. It must be by an order of the court, that order must be spread ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍on the minutes, and that order must specify precisely the amendment.

Reversed and remanded.