Legal Opinion

Woods v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 24, 1920No. 5982PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Judge.

The appellant was prosecuted as a delinquent child, upon averments charging in substance that he had burglarized the building of one Mowrey. To sustain the conviction reliance is had upon circumstantial evidence alone. It was shown by Mowrey that his store was entered, and that he missed a box of cigars that had not been opened and several cans of Prince Albert tobacco; and “some cigars and some cans of Prince Albert tobacco ’’ were produced at the trial and identified by Mowrey as of the same kind as those lost. He also identified what is described as a red pepper or spice can,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Perry v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1874
  2. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
  4. Lawrence v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Marina v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  2. Ex. Parte GlissonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923

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