Casas v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Russell. The indictment in this case was filed in the District Court of Cameron county, January 3d, 1882. It charged the defendant and Befugio Gomez jointly with the theft from the tailor shop of Andreas Fierling. of dress goods over the value of twenty dollars.
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Appeal from the District Court of Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Russell. The indictment in this case was filed in the District Court of Cameron county, January 3d, 1882. It charged the defendant and Befugio Gomez jointly with the theft from the tailor shop of Andreas Fierling. of dress goods over the value of twenty dollars. The trial of this defendant resulted in his conviction, and the punishment awarded him by the jury was a term of two years in the penitentiary. Andreas Merling was the first witness introduced by the State. He testified that, at the time of 'the theft, about…
1Opinion of the CourtHurt, J.
On the 1st day of June, 1881, the shop of one Andreas Fierling was rifled of its contents, consisting of a variety of goods, such as are ordinarily kept in a village tailor shop. A search warrant was issued, and by a policeman of - the town of Brownsville the house' of Pedro Alvarez was searched and the goods found therein. Pedro Alvarez, Margarita Molano and defendant, Angel Casas, were arrested. Pedro and Margarita were jointly indicted and tried. Pedro was convicted and Margarita acquitted.
One Befugio Gomez and appellant were jointly indicted for the same theft. Gomez, when the search was…
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