Wheeler v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the theft of hogs, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.

The only objections urged to the conviction below involve the charges given by the court. When appellant’s right to said property was first challenged, he stated “that he had bought said hogs from a negro. He described the negro as a heavy-set man, wearing a white hat flopped down, and riding a bay pony with a roached mane. He said he did not know the man, but that John Collins was present, and perhaps knew him, and he might tell his name.”

The court…