Bevel v. State

The record discloses that on the night of the 3d day of December, 1921, the plaintiff in error, with another, committed theft of a steer, on the federal reserve in Comanche county, belonging to one Wilson, and butchered it, and, as they attempted to leave the reservation, were arrested with the beef in their possession. According to the evidence of the ■state, plaintiff in error claimed the beef as his, and shortly thereafter the officers returned to the reserva tion, where the hide of the steer in question was found hidden under some brush and leaves, with the “brand” cut out. The theory of…