Porch v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of hog theft, and his punishment assessed at three years confinement in the penitentiary.

Upon the trial of this case the State introduced William Wilkinson, the Justice of the Peace in and for Precinct number 1 of Mason County, Texas, who testified that defendant Tom Porch was arraigned before him charged with the theft of a hog from one William Lehmann, and that said charge against the defendant was based upon a complaint made by one Tim Nard; that said Nard appeared as a witness in said proceedings, and his testimony was taken and reduced to writing and…