Pierce v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Cherokee. Tried below before the Honorable L. D. Guinn. Appeal from a conviction of theft over the value of $50. Penalty, four years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion
ON REHEARING.
November 23, 1921
MORROW, PRESIDING Judge.
The facts are now before us. Independent of appellant’s confession they disclose that the property in. question, certain automobile casings and batteries, were thrown from a., freight car at night-time and taken possession of by the appellant on., the following morning. Circumstances showing the conduct of-the-appellant with reference to taking possession of the property point to guilty knowledge and intent.
The sheriff testified that upon information received, he went to Jacksonville in search of the appellant. He found him after he had…
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- Gallaher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
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- Berry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
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