Cadwell v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted in the district court of Ellis county of the crime of stealing two hogs, the property of one O. M. Metz, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

But two questions áre involved in this appeal:

First, the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of the jury;

Second, whether the trial court erred in admitting certain alleged incompetent evidence.

The evidence of the state was that C. M. Metz was the owner of two red and black female pigs weighing about…