Collins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
On the 15th day of April, 1897, the grand jury of Grayson County presented an indictment against defendant, charging him with the theft of seven cattle from Frank Sperry, on the 7th day of December, 1896. Defendant was first tried under said charge on the 17th of June, 1897, and the jury failed to agree, and on the 5th of July he was again tried and was then convicted. On the 12th of July, 1897, the conviction of theft of cattle, was set aside and a new trial granted.
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On the 15th day of April, 1897, the grand jury of Grayson County presented an indictment against defendant, charging him with the theft of seven cattle from Frank Sperry, on the 7th day of December, 1896. Defendant was first tried under said charge on the 17th of June, 1897, and the jury failed to agree, and on the 5th of July he was again tried and was then convicted. On the 12th of July, 1897, the conviction of theft of cattle, was set aside and a new trial granted. On the 1st day of October, 1897, the grand jury of Grayson County presented indictment against the defendant with two counts,…
1Opinion of the Court
HEbTDEBSON, Judge.
The indictment against appellant contains two counts—the first for theft of seven head of cattle from Frank Sperry, and the second count charging him with receiving the property from Abe Crow. Appellant was convicted under the second count. By the testimony it is disclosed that the Sperry cattle were taken late in the evening or early part of the night of the 7th of December, 1896. They were sold by the defendant the following day, in the city of Denison, about twenty miles from Sperry’s pasture. The State introduced proof tending to establish both counts, and the defendant…
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