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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 21.05. Particular Intent; Intent To Defraud

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Art. 21.05. [399] [454] [442] PARTICULAR INTENT;  INTENT TO 
DEFRAUD.  Where a particular intent is a material fact in the 
description of the offense, it must be stated in the indictment;  
but in any case where an intent to defraud is required to constitute 
an offense, it shall be sufficient to allege an intent to defraud, 
without naming therein the particular person intended to be 
defrauded.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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