Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Johnson. Tried below before the Hon. B. Jay Jackson. Appeal from a conviction of misdemeanor theft; penalty, a fine of $25 and thirty minutes confinement in the jail. The opinion states the_ ease. On question of cross-examination of wife: Marsh v. State, 54 Texas Crim. Rep., 144; Hobbs v. State, 53 id., 71; Welch v. State, 46 S. W. Rep., 812, On question of tracks: Myres v. State, 14 Texas Crim.
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Appeal from the County Court of Johnson. Tried below before the Hon. B. Jay Jackson. Appeal from a conviction of misdemeanor theft; penalty, a fine of $25 and thirty minutes confinement in the jail. The opinion states the_ ease. On question of cross-examination of wife: Marsh v. State, 54 Texas Crim. Rep., 144; Hobbs v. State, 53 id., 71; Welch v. State, 46 S. W. Rep., 812, On question of tracks: Myres v. State, 14 Texas Crim. App., 48; Clark v. State, 26 S. W. Rep., 68, and cases cited in opinion. Hpon question of identifying property: House v. State, 19 Texas Crim. App., 227, -and cases…
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft — a misdemeanor — and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and thirty minutes confinement in the county jail.
Z. C. Jones testified to having lost two bushels of blackeyed peas. In the first bill it is shown he testified: “On the next morning I was again at the house and the sack of peas were gone. At the side of the road I saw where a wagon had turned out of the road in front of said house. The tracks of the wagon and horses were in the soft dirt on the side of the road, and I noticed that where the wagon had stopped at the side of the road…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Porch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
- Weaver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
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