Bratt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Clay. Tried below before Hon. George E. Miller. Appeal from a conviction of theft of ten head of cattle; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The statement of facts is very voluminous, and the evidence is entirely circumstantial. It could serve no real or useful purpose to make a resume of the testimony.
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Appeal from the District Court of Clay. Tried below before Hon. George E. Miller. Appeal from a conviction of theft of ten head of cattle; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The statement of facts is very voluminous, and the evidence is entirely circumstantial. It could serve no real or useful purpose to make a resume of the testimony. Suffice it to state, that it is shown that the stolen cattle were shipped to Saunders & Co., commission merchants, at New Orleans. They were shipped in the name of R. B. Warren. This R. B. Warren and defendant were particular friends. Warren,…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft of cattle, and given two years in the penitentiary, and appeals.
The first bill of exceptions relates to the testimony of L. J. Walker and C. W. Easley, who were used by the State as experts. The contention of appellant is that said witnesses did not qualify themselves to testify as experts. These witnesses were used by the State to prove that the indorsement on the draft, which was for the purchase money of the cattle, to wit, the name of R. B. Warren, was in the handwriting of the appellant. Walker was shown to have been county and district…
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