Humphrey v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, cow theft; penalty, two years in the penitentiary.

Witness Robinowitz lost a cow described by him as a light red cow with an “R” on the hip. He identified a hide shown him as that of his animal. This hide was shown by the witness Henry Brown to have come from a cow slaughtered on the premises of Jim Brown, there being present at the time appellant, Jim Brown and witness, Henry Brown. The witness Henry Brown took this hide and hid it, afterwards delivering it to the officers. Henry Brown further testified that appellant said at the time the cow was butchered that it was…