Goosby v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for theft of a hog, the punishment being two years in the penitentiary.

Jack Farris is alleged to have been the owner of the hog. The proof shows that this hog, with others belonging to Farris, was running in and around the owner’s premises and also ranging around and near the place where appellant lived. About the 6th day of February, 1925, Farris missed one of his hogs. A few days later appellant had a conversation with Farris and his wife in which he denied having killed the hog but said “as he was accused of it he would rather pay for it.” The sheriff went to…