Lopez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bee. Tried below before Hon. James C. Wilsoh. Appeal from a conviction for theft of a horse; penalty, five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted for the theft of a horse, and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal. The indictment contains two counts; the first, for the theft of the horse, under Art. 858 of the Penal Code of 1895. Under this count the State would have had the right to prove that the accused came into possession of the horse lawfully (that is, by the consent of the owner), but that he resorted to false pretenses and devices for the purpose of obtaining possession, or that he intended the conversion at the time he obtained possession. The…
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