Stewart v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is cattle theft; the punishment, two years.

The indictment charged that on or about the 9th day of September, 1963, the appellant did fraudulently take five head of cattle from one Claud Keeton.

It was shown by the state’s testimony that the prosecuting witness, Claud Keeton, owned and operated a livestock auction barn located some six or seven miles from Lubbock on Highway 84, referred to as the Slaton highway. Appellant and Murray Edwards were partners, operating under the name of E & S Cattle Company, of Clovis, New Mexico, and on occasion they purchased cattle…