McKenzie v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
•Appeal from the District Court of Mitchell, on change of venue from Martin County. Tried below before Hon. Wm. Kennedy. This appeal is from a conviction for theft of one head of cattle in the Territory of New Mexico, and for the bringing of the same into the State of Texas. The punishment assessed by the verdict and judgment in the court below was imprisonment for two years in the penitentiary.
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•Appeal from the District Court of Mitchell, on change of venue from Martin County. Tried below before Hon. Wm. Kennedy. This appeal is from a conviction for theft of one head of cattle in the Territory of New Mexico, and for the bringing of the same into the State of Texas. The punishment assessed by the verdict and judgment in the court below was imprisonment for two years in the penitentiary. Omitting formal averments, the indictment charged: “That J. M. McKenzie, late of the county of Martin, on the 5th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, with…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Conviction for theft of one “ cattle,” the alleged property of Cochran.
The indictment was obtained in Martin County. The case was by the court, of its own motion, transferred to Mitchell County.
The first count of the indictment alleges that the property (cow) was by appellant stolen in the Territory of New Mexico, and was afterwards brought by him into this State, and that at the time of the presentment of the indictment he was in Martin County.
The second count is the same as the first, except that it charges that the defendant brought the cow into Terry County, and that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. MartinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
3Cited by37 opinions
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