Quarles v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is theft of cattle; the punishment two and one-half years each in the penitentiary.

Appellants were separately indicted for the offense of theft of cattle, but at the trial, at their request, the cases were tried together. The jury returned a verdict in each case finding each of the defendants guilty and assessed the punishment of each at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years. Judgment was entered accordingly in each case. Inasmuch as both cases were tried together the cases will be consolidated here and disposed of together.

Appellants first…