Watson v. State

Dave Watson and Dement Watson were jointly indicted and convicted of the offense of cattle-stealing. They except to the overruling of their motion for a new trial.

1. The indictment charged that the accused had stolen a certain red cow, with both ears cropped and a split in the left ear, the property of one Tom Hall. There was evidence from which the jury could find that a cow of the description set forth in the indictment, the property of Tom Hall, had been stolen. The evidence connecting the Watsons with the transaction was not the same as to both. We will consider first the evidence tending…