Boyd v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Jones. Tried below before the Hon. J. V. Cockrell.' The indictment in this case charged the appellant and W. É. Willis jointly with the theft of a cow, the property of W. T. Wright, in Jones county, Texas, on the first day of August, 1887. A severance being awarded, the appellant was placed upon his trial, which resulted in conviction, and the assessment against him of a term of four years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Jones. Tried below before the Hon. J. V. Cockrell.' The indictment in this case charged the appellant and W. É. Willis jointly with the theft of a cow, the property of W. T. Wright, in Jones county, Texas, on the first day of August, 1887. A severance being awarded, the appellant was placed upon his trial, which resulted in conviction, and the assessment against him of a term of four years in the penitentiary. W. T. Wright was the first witness for the State. He testified, in substance, that he was a resident of Taylor county. The cattle owned by the witness…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
Appellant and one Willis were jointly indicted for the theft of one head of cattle, the property *581•of one W. T. Wright. They severed on the trial, and each was separately convicted, and both cases are on appeal to this court.
By the testimony of W. G-. Wright, the alleged owner, it appears that his home was in Taylor county, and that the range of "the animal was on Elm creek, one and a half miles west of Abilene, in Taylor county. He had not seen the cow for three months, and did not know she had been stolen until he was notified. He found her in and received her from the…
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