Roy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of McLennan. Tried below before Hon. Sam B. Scott. The appellant was convicted of theft of property under the value of $20, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $100 and confinement in the county jail for one day. The opinion states the facts sufficiently.
1Opinion of the Court
DAYIDSOhT, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft of seed cotton. The evidence discloses, that at night, and from a field, about 1000 pounds of seed cotton was taken by two or more persons, and hauled away in a wagon. Wagon tracks led from the scene of the theft .to the residence of appellant, where a wagon was found, with evidence indicating that it had been used very recently. The facts strongly tend to show that it was the vehicle used by the thieves in conveying the seed cotton from the place of the theft. The owners of the stolen seed cotton found seed cotton in appellant’s house, but…
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