Legal Opinion

Lega v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 18, 1896No. 974PublishedCited by 2 opinions

This appeal is from a conviction for burglary, the punishment being assessed at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. There is no statement of facts in the record.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary with intent to steal, and given a term of five years in the penitentiary, and prosecutes this appeal. Possession and ownership were charged to have been in one William Evans. On the trial, the State, among other things, as shown by appellant’s bill of exceptions, was permitted to prove by George Evans that he was the owner of the saddle taken'from the stable of William Evans on the night of the 6th of October, 1895, and he, the said George Evans, did not consent to such taking. This was objected to because the indictment charged a burglary…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  2. Holloway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908

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