Jackson v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted. of cattle theft. A brief summary of the case may be thus stated: The alleged owner, Campbell, owned a cow. The cow disappeared from home about Saturday, and on Tuesday several miles away the carcass of a dead animal was found by Campbell, which he says was his cow. This animal had been skinned. There is some evidence showing the animal had been shot in the forehead. On Tuesday Campbell, in company with Mr. Conner, were riding together, it seems, in search of the missing cow. Attracted by buzzards, they went to the spot where the carcass was…