Legal Opinion

Hart v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 24, 1940No. 20977PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is theft of a cow. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

The State’s testimony, briefly stated, shows that in the early part of the year 1938, J. M. Dillingham owned a cream colored Jersey cow bearing an “H” brand on the left thigh. *652About the first day of April of said year, he had the cow placed in the pasture of the Rio Bravo Oil Company, where she remained for a while, but in the course of a few months she, in some manner, got into what is known as the Texas pasture. Fred Cox, who lived on or near the Texas…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928
  2. East v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1928

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947
  2. Fambro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  3. Rowe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
  4. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941

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