Holliday v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

Theft is the offense; punishment fixed at a fine of twenty-five dollars and confinement in the county jail for one day.

Apparently the appellant and Rhodes resided upon adjoining farms. Appellant’s wife and the wife of Rhodes each owned a number of turkeys. Rhodes’ turkeys frequented the watermelon patch of the appellant. Appellant sold seventeen turkeys to the witness Wilkerson. They were later claimed by Mrs. Rhodes and surrendered to her by Wilkerson. One of these turkeys had a string upon its leg which was identified by Mrs. Rhodes as having been put upon her…