Harwell v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court of Falls, Tried below before the Hon. Eugene Williams. The conviction in this case was for receiving a stolen yearling, the property of Jacob W. Morris, knowing it to be stolen property, and the penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of two years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from District Court of Falls, Tried below before the Hon. Eugene Williams. The conviction in this case was for receiving a stolen yearling, the property of Jacob W. Morris, knowing it to be stolen property, and the penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of two years in the penitentiary. This is the companion case of that of Gaither v. The State, which will be found reported in full in the twenty-first volume of these Reports, beginning on page 527. The conviction was had upon substantially the same evidence, Gaither testifying on the trial of this defendant in substance as…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
There are two counts in the indictment, the first charging theft, and the second receiving stolen property, knowing the same to have been stolen. Defendant was f ound guilty upon the second count.
I. It seems from the evidence that defendant received the yearling described in the indictment from one W. ST. Johnson. At the same time he received this yearling he, together with one Gaither, received from said Johnson two other yearlings. It is quite clear from the evidence that these three yearlings were stolen property at the time the defendant and Gaither came into possession of…
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