Legal Opinion

Reece v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 11, 1928No. 11450Published

1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.

Appellant was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property, to wit, one bog; penalty, three years in tbe penitentiary.

*159It is insisted, first, that the evidence conclusively shows that appellant received only pork and not a live hog, and, if mistaken in this, that the evidence raised such issue, and that the court erred in not instructing the jury to acquit if they found or had a reasonable doubt thereof that the hog in question was dead when received by appellant. The last point was properly raised in the trial court and presents the only question which we think necessary to discuss.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hunt v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
  2. Ballow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
  3. Horseman v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Noble v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. Ballow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900

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