Legal Opinion

Nix v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 4, 1939No. 20067PublishedCited by 6 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

Krueger, Judge.

The offense is theft of property over the value of $50. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant’s first and main contention seems to be that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction.

It appears from the record that S. C. Herring had nine joints of ten inch pipe stacked on a place occupied by Joe Arnold. This pipe had a “T” cut on it with a cold chisel on each joint near the collar. Sometime during the afternoon of June 9, Mr. Herring sent a man with a truck to the Arnold place with instructions to bring…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Slater v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  2. Rains v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  3. Guerra v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943
  4. Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  5. Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960

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