Legal Opinion

Thurmond v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 16, 1891No. 3975PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Nolan. Tried below before Hon. William Kennedy. Appellant was convicted for the theft of one head of cattle, alleged to have been the property and taken from the possession of the Lexington Ranch Company, and his punishment was assessed at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. It is unnecessary to give the evidence in the case, in view of the manner of its disposition on this appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

WHITE, Presiding Judge.

Omitting the formal parts, the indictment alleges, that “Arch Thurmond and Lee Thurmond, acting together, on the 18th day of June, 1890, with force and arms, in the *540county of Nolan and State of Texas, did fraudulently take from the possession of the Lexington Ranch Company one cattle, the same being the corporeal personal property of the said Lexington Ranch Company, without the consent of the said Lexington Ranch Company, with intent to deprive said Lexington Ranch Company of the value of the same,” etc.

It has been held by this court that our statute as to the…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Deblanc v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  2. Middleton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. De Blanc v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. State v. FogertySupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
  5. Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980

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