Cagle v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of cattle theft. His explanation of his possession of the cow alleged to have been stolen was that he had bought her from a negro. He gave a description of the horse the negro was riding, as well as the negro from whom he testifies he purchased the animal; and his statement of his right of possession at the time it was first challenged. The court charged the jury in regard to this explanation as follows: “If you believe from the evidence that the cow had been stolen from the witness, Henry Colvin, and that recently thereafter the defendant was…