Legal Opinion

McCumber v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 18, 1942No. 22014PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property, and given two years ip the penitentiary.

There are no bills of exceptions in the record, and appellant’s insistence upon the insufficiency of the testimony is his sole contention.

We think the testimony is reasonably clear that Mr. Ben Davis lost a black white-faced cow by means of theft sometime the latter part of December, 1940. In order to affix the charged offense of receiving and concealing such animal upon the appellant, the State used three confessed accomplices who testified as to the theft of this animal…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Colley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
  2. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
  3. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Leonard, William ThomasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
  2. Leonard, William ThomasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012

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