Legal Opinion

Bayless v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 18, 1923No. 7366PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for theft; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

The property stolen was seventy-four bushels of wheat. In a granary about six miles from the town of Pampa, one E. E. Reynolds had stored several thousand bushels of wheat. Early one morning discovery was made that the granary had been entered and circumstances indicated that some of the wheat had been removed. The quantity taken was not ascertained. The wheat was situated on a farm some six miles from Pampa and about half a mile from the public road. Horse and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Boone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Linch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939

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