Lacy v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is theft of cattle; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

N. N. Lee lost a cow from its accustomed range. It was plainly marked and branded. Appellant killed the animal and sold its hide to a market. It was not disputed that the hide came from the lost animal. Testifying in his own behalf, appellant declared that he thought the animal was one of several cattle he had bought from a Mr. Bonds. The defensive theory was properly submitted in the charge of the .court.

As disclosed by bill of exception No. 10, while A. W. McDonald, a deputy…