Shockley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from'the Distriét Court of Kimble. Tried below before Hon. W. M. Allison. Appeal from a conviction for horse theft; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSOH, Judge.
The indictment charged appellant with the theft of a horse "from the possession of a Mexican, whose name is Jose, but whose surname is to the grand jury unknown, and could not be ascertained after diligent inquiry,” etc.
On the trial the owner testified that his name was Jose Eamerez. Jóe Pierce also testified for the State, in substance, that the alleged owner worked for him on his ranch, and that he knew his surname, and knew it at the time he was before the grand jury; that if the grand jury had asked him he would have given the alleged owner’s full name; that immediately…
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