Yarbrough v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge. —

Conviction for theft of cattle, punishment two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charges theft of cattle owned and possessed by W. A. Bobbitt, and without dispute it appears that two head of Mr. Bobbitt’s cattle were taken by appellant. Practically the only question raised is whether the allegation of ownership and possession in Bobbitt was met and sustained by the proof. Bobbitt had about five sections of land four miles from Paducah, in which town he lived. Part of the land was pasture, part in cultivation. Appellant’s father had farmed part of Bobbitt’s farm land…