Ariola and Manchaca v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellants were convicted of the theft of a goat with the lowest punishment assessed.

The main contention is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict. We have carefully read and studied the testimony. It is somewhat voluminous for this character of case. We see no necessity of detailing it. The evidence was amply sufficient to show that the alleged owner, Holandés, had a small number of goats, which ranged around and about his premises; that one of his nannie goats came up to his house alone, and by her actions he concluded something was wrong with…