Willard v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Eastland. Tried below before the Hon. T. H. Conner. This appeal is from a second conviction for cattle theft. (See Lon Willard v. The State, 26 Texas Ct. App., 126.) Two years in the penitentiary was the penalty assessed against the appellant on this trial.
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Appeal from the District Court of Eastland. Tried below before the Hon. T. H. Conner. This appeal is from a second conviction for cattle theft. (See Lon Willard v. The State, 26 Texas Ct. App., 126.) Two years in the penitentiary was the penalty assessed against the appellant on this trial. Except Ainsworth, who was not introduced on this trial, the witnesses who testified on the former trial, and whose testimony is set out in the former report, testified to substantially the same facts on this trial. Only the additional testimony adduced on this trial is set out in this report. J. W. Hague…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
This is a second appeal from a judgment of conviction in this case. (See Willard v. The State, 26 Texas Ct. App., 126.) After a most thorough reading of the record in this appeal we are of opinion that there is but one question raised of sufficient moment to require a discussion at our hands.
It is most urgently insisted that there is no evidence of appellant’s guilty agency in the alleged theft of the animal, save his own confession, or admissions amounting to a confession, and that this confession or admission, being uncorroborated, is not sufficient in law to warrant…
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- Lyles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
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