Dagley v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is cattle theft; the punishment, 5 years.

The injured party Meineke testified that he saw his seven head of cattle in his little field pasture on the Plantersville Road at 5:30 P.M. on January 13 but that when he returned at 6:00 A.M. the following morning four of them were missing. He testified that later in the day he identified his four head of cattle at Houston Packing Company.

O. P. McGrew testified that he bought the four cattle from appellant at the Houston Packing Company at 7:30 A.M. on *466January 14 and that appellant gave his name as Jessie Dagley, stating…