Bailey v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

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

This case depends on circumstantial evidence. The proof on the part of the State shows that prosecutor, S. C. Fain, had a farm in the country, some six or seven miles from Hillsboro. His tenant, Mitchell, lived on said farm, having rented the same for the year. Prosecutor spent a good deal of his time on the farm with his tenant. Appellant lived some half mile from said farm and pursued the business of a butcher; that is, he would buy cattle in the neighborhood,…