Adams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Appeal from the District Court of Hill. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall. ■ ... This appeal is from a conviction for-horse-theft, the punishment assessed being a term of five years in the penitentiary. The facts as to the theft are-stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
The appellant in this case was convicted of theft of a horse, and given a term of five years in the penitentiary, and from-the judgment and sentence of the lower court he prosecutes this'appeal. ■ • .
The appellant assigns as error the failure of the court to charge on circumstantial evidence. The facts of the case show that the horse in question was placed in a pasture. He was seen by- the witness-Lowe on the day of the alleged theft, just outside of said - pasture, near a road which led along the fence; - and the defendant was just ahead of the colt, which seemed to be…
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