Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1872PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Hays. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. The opinion of the court sufficiently states the facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The appellant has been twice tried upon an indictment charging him with feloniously stealing a roan gelding, the property of some unknown person. He has been twice convicted, and each time sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
The evidence establishes the fact that the horse alleged to have been stolen had been running upon the range in Hays county for a number of years, during which time people were in the habit of catching him and riding him for temporary purposes.
About the latter part of February, 1872, the defendant, in company with three others, were hunting beeves near a place…
2Cited by5 opinions
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Morissette v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951
- Morissette v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951
- Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1885