Coleman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Freestone. Tried below before the Honorable A. M. Blackmon. Appeal from a conviction of theft of hogs; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
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Appeal from the District Court of Freestone. Tried below before the Honorable A. M. Blackmon. Appeal from a conviction of theft of hogs; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of bolstering up testimony: Gribble v. State, 210 S. W. Rep., 215; Scott v. State, 160 id., 960; Rogers v. State, 225 id., 57. On question of contradicting witness: Campbell v. State, 224 S. W. Rep., 899; Sine v. State, 215 id., 967, and cases cited in opinion. Cited cases in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Judge.
Appellant was charged with the theft of hogs from one J. C. Flagler. Conviction followed, punishment being assessed at two years in the penitentiary.
J. C. Hagler and G. B. Anderson owned quite a bunch of hogs, which were running together in the same locality. On a certain Thursday they discovered that twenty-seven of the hogs were missing. Part of those gone belonged to Hagler, and part to Anderson. It was the theory of the State that Charlie Coleman (the appellant) and Press Yarbrough had stolen'the hogs on Wednesday and carried them, or part of them at least, to Dinfield…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ma Riojas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Nader v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
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