Boyd v. State

ON STATE’S MOTION FOR REHEARING.

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

This case was reversed on account of the fact that the transcript failed to show that the special judge before whom the case was tried took the oath of office. This defect has been cured, and the appeal will now be considered on its merits.

The indictment charged the theft by appellant of one head of cattle from R. F. Riley. Mr. Riley testified in substance as follows: He owned about seventy head of cattle, among them a cow having a calf four months old, weighing about 350 pounds on foot. This calf was a graded white-faced Hereford.…