Hays v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Matagorda. Tried below before the Honorable M. S. Munson. Appeal from a conviction of theft of cattle; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. Cited: Bryan v. State, 49 Texas Crim. Rep., 196; Odell v. State, 44 id., 310; Mangum v. State, 38 id., 331; House v. State, 19 Texas Crim. App., 238, and cases cited in opinion. Cited Fleischman v. State, 231 S. W. Rep., 397.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for theft of cattle. Punishment two years in the penitentiary.
The indictment charges theft of one head of cattle from the possession of R. J. Sisk on or about October 8th, 1920. In May 1920 appellant was the owner of a cow which was not in his possession, but was under the actual care, control and management of Will Thompson, running with the latter’s cattle in his pasture and adjoining premises some fourteen miles from where appellant was then living. Some time in May he sold this cow to Sisk for twenty dollars, ten dollars cash, the balance to be paid when the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bryan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1906
3Cited by1 opinion
- Osborne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922