Pool v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft of a horse, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

Appellant complains that the court refused to charge the jury that defendant could not be convicted of 'theft upon recent possession alone of stolen property. There is no error in this. Possession by appellant of recently stolen property with the theft unexplained is sufficient to warrant a conviction, where the circumstances call for explanation. See Bell v. State, 24 S. W. Rep., 647; Ray v. State, 43 S. W. Rep., 77; May v. State, 51 S. W. Rep., 242; Williamson…