Bolton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Morris. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Talbot. Appeal from a conviction of hog-theft; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The only question on the appeal was the validity of the indictment, the charging part of which is set out in the opinion;
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDS OH, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of hog-theft, and given two years in the penitentiary. Omitting formal portions, the indictment charges that: “Alex. Bolton did then and there unlawfully and fraudulently take from and out of the possession of Oliver Spragland one hog, the same being the corporeal personal property of the said Oliver Spragland, without his consent, and with the intent to appropriate the same to the use and benefit of him, the said Alex. Bolton, and with the intent to deprive the owner, Alex. Bolton, of the value thereof, against the peace and dignity of the…
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