Mayfield v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Stephens. Tried below before the Honorable C. O. Hamlin., Appeal from a conviction of receiving stolen property fraudulently. Penalty, three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Cited; Trinkle v. State, 225 S. W. Rep., 755; Harper v. State, 227 id., 190, and cases in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The conviction is for fraudulently receiving stolen property; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of three years.
■ The indictment contains three counts: one charging appellant with theft of property from one J. J. Thompson; one charging him with theft of property from Tom Murray; and one charging him with fraudulently receiving property from some person whose name was unknown to the grand jury.
It is upon the last-named count that the conviction rests. It is necessary in the indictment to name the person from whom the property was received…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kahanek v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
- Shockley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Trinkle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Harper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
3Cited by3 opinions
- Payne v. StatedCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Grimes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936