Legal Opinion

Thurman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 19, 1897No. 1153PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Bosque. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall. Appeal from a conviction for receiving a stolen horse, knowing it to have been stolen; penalty, five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. No statement of facts in the record. The charge of the court, which is complained of for error, is set out in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of receiving a stolen horse, knowing it to have been stolen, and appeals. There is no statement of facts in the record. The only objection here urged is as to the charge of the court. The charge complained of is as follows: “The court instructs you that if you believe from the evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Jim Thurman, in the County of Hunt, State of Texas, about the time charged in the indictment, fraudulently took from the possession of J. F. Battle the animal named in the indictment, without the consent of said Battle, and with the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  2. Cozby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. Hardeman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Bloch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916
  5. Polk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

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