Davis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Madison. Tried below before the Hon. S. W. Dean. Appeal from a conviction of theft of cattle; penalty, ■ two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
RAMSEY, Judge.
Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Madison County, charged with the theft of one head of cattle— the property of one Ford. On trial he was convicted and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.
The evidence shows briefly that about the 15th of August, 1907, a red heifer yearling belonging to Ford was missed by him and later found not far from where appellant resided, in what is known as the old Judy Field, with the hide covering the bones of the yearling from which the flesh had pretty well all been cut. There was no doubt…
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