Smith v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

— Offense, knowingly receiving stolen property ; penalty, three years in the penitentiary.

The indictment was in two counts, the first charging appellant with the theft of two head of cattle belonging to R. W. White and the second count charging him with receiving from some person or persons to the grand jurors unknown, the two head of cattle, knowing same to have been stolen. He was convicted under the second count.

It is vigorously insisted that the evidence wholly fails to identify the cattle in question as the property of R. W. White. This is the only question necessary to be…