Court of Appeals of Texas April 22, 1885, No. 3423 (White v. State)

White, Presiding Judge.

Article 660, Code Criminal Procedure, provides as the very first step in a criminal "trial after the organization and impaneling of the jury, that the indictment shall be read to the jury. This requirement is one of the provisions of said article which has been held to be mandatory. (Wilkins v. The State, 15 Texas Ct. App., 420.