Young v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the theft of a horse, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years; hence this appeal.

In the view we take of this case there is only one question necessary to be considered; that is, whether the evidence sustains the verdict of the jury. The animal in question appears to have been an estray—a certain gray mare running in the neighborhood, in the Felt pasture as well as in appellant’s pasture, and in other pastures, for a number of years. There is evidence to the effect that appellant had claimed the animal for a…