Berry v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before Hon. Sam R. Scott. Appeal from a conviction for theft of one head of cattle; penalty, two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case and questions discussed are readily understood from the opinion, without the necessity of further statement.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the theft of one head of cattle, the property of J. II. Robertson, and given two years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal. Appellant was charged by indictment, in one count, with the theft of one head of cattle, and, in the other count, with receiving the animal from West Berry, and concealing the same. The evidence showed that the animal in question was found in the defendant’s lot, about a year after it had disappeared from the premises of J. IT. Robertson, and the alleged owner asserted property rights in the animal. Robertson, in his…
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