Harper v. State

Charlie Harper, was indicted on February 20, 1939, for cattle-stealing alleged to have been committed on July 20, 1936. He was convicted on February 21, 1939. His motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted.

The prosecutor, R. J. Taft, a farmer of Atkinson County, testified that he owned about two hundred head of cattle ranging along Pudden Creek in said county, apparently of a better grade of cattle than the average range cattle of that section. “The cattle that I missed all ranged in Atkinson County, up and down the creek from Grady Paulk’s place to Miss Guessie Wall’s. Mostly they…