Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 1, 1876Published

Appeal from, the District Court of Bell. Tried below before the Hon. X. B. Saunders. The facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Ector, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was indicted in the district court of Bell county, charged with theft of' “ one ham of bacon” from a house. The indictment is in¡ the usual form, and is a good indictment.

There were only two witnesses examined on the trial in-the court below; and, for a proper understanding of the-case, we deem it best here to give the testimony of those-witnesses as given in the statement of facts.

Isaac Williams testified: “I reside in Bell county, Texas,, and am the owner of the ham of bacon charged to have been stolen. The ham was taken from my smoke-house on the-24th…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Selvidge v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1867
  2. State v. DyerTexas Supreme Court · 1874

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