Clay v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried helow before Hon. E. D. Cavin. Appeal from a conviction of theft of one head of cattle; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the, theft of a cow, the property of one S. E. Allen, on the 6th day of November, 1898. Appellant was also separately indicted at the same time with the theft of two animals belonging to one Joe Davis and one animal belonging to one A. Blon.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried helow before Hon. E. D. Cavin. Appeal from a conviction of theft of one head of cattle; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the, theft of a cow, the property of one S. E. Allen, on the 6th day of November, 1898. Appellant was also separately indicted at the same time with the theft of two animals belonging to one Joe Davis and one animal belonging to one A. Blon. The charge in this case grew out of the fact that on the 7th day ■of November, 1898, appellant brought to Houston and…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERS ON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the theft of one head of cattle, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years, and he prosecutes this appeal.
The State introduced a number of witnesses, who testified they were cattlemen, and familiar with handling stock, some of them having been in the business for a number of years. They further testified that from their knowledge of cattle, and examination of hides of cattle slaughtered and that had died from natural causes, they were able to state whether a hide recently taken from an animal was a hide…
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