Campbell v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This is a conviction for swindling. The State’s contention is that the party alleged to be swindled was the owner of a little brown mare mule, and that on the 16th of February, 1906, he brought the mule to the City of Tyler and sold it to appellant for $22.50, a cash transaction. The alleged owner of the mule, Freeman, among other things during the conversation that led up to the trade with the accused, said he asked the accused $25 for the mule; that the accused then told him he had a horse out at his house (and this is shown to be a mile and a half east of Tyler)…