Moran v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for the theft of a cow; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

The evidence is voluminous to a degree that precludes its detailed statement within the scope of this opinion. On the part of the appellant, it was shown without contradiction that on the 30th day of August, 1918, he received at the depot at Silsbee a certain dark brown heifer with a white motley face, about fifteen months old, and of a fighting disposition, shipped to him by his father-in-law from Austin County. The bill of lading was exhibited in…