Rainey v. State

Judgment reversed.

The testimony on which defendant was convicted was as follows : Taylor testified : Defendant with Zack Pate came to my house and stayed all night. I told defendant I wanted to trade my mule for a good horse; that the mule would run away, and I was afraid of him. Defendant told me he had a good mare he would trade me, that had but one eye, the other having been knocked nut. Nothing more was said until the next morning when defendant and I went to feed, and I thought I discovered something wrong with one of the mare’s legs, and so told defendant. He replied, “No, there is…