Legal Opinion

Unsell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 25, 1898No. 1490PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Archer. Tried below before Hon. George E. Miller. Appeal from a conviction for cattle theft; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. This is a companion case to Guinn v. State, ante, page 257. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the theft of cattle from E. P. Davis. There was a second count in the indictment, charging him with fraudulently defacing the brand upon one head of cattle, the property of said Davis. He was convicted under the first count for the theft of cattle.

On the trial, the State introduced E. L. Craddock, who testified that on February 7, 1898, he had defendant under arrest on a charge of cattle theft in Baylor County; that at the home of the defendant, and near the granary in his field, and in the same field were a lot of cattle; that he warned the…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Creager v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Dunn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Gardner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  4. Espinosa v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1995
  5. Reese v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941

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