Lester v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This conviction was for horse theft. The case is one of circumstantial evidence. The substance of the evidence is to the effect that Timberlake’s horse was taken from his premises, and appellant disposed of the horse shortly afterwards some miles away, and was in possession of it the morning following the al leged theft. We deem it unnecessary to go into a detailed statement of the testimony, it being amply sufficient to support the finding of the jury so far as the weight of the evidence is concerned.

The witness Cathcart testified that late on the evening before the…