Vance v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Baylor. Tried below before Hon. W. R. McGill. This appeal is from a conviction for theft of one head of cattle, the punishment being assessed at imprisonment for two years and nine months in the penitentiary. The essential matters pertaining to the grand jury which found the indictment are fully stated in the opinion. Defendant was charged by indictment in King County with the theft of one head of cattle, the property of J. T. George.
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Appeal from the District Court of Baylor. Tried below before Hon. W. R. McGill. This appeal is from a conviction for theft of one head of cattle, the punishment being assessed at imprisonment for two years and nine months in the penitentiary. The essential matters pertaining to the grand jury which found the indictment are fully stated in the opinion. Defendant was charged by indictment in King County with the theft of one head of cattle, the property of J. T. George. The venue was changed from King County to the county of Baylor. The evidence showed, that said George owned a certain red…
1Opinion of the Court
HEVDEBSON, Judge.
The indictment in this case was presented in King County, and was sent to Baylor County on a change of venue. The appellant was there tried and convicted of theft of one head of cattle, and his punishment assessed at two years and nine months in the penitentiary, and from the judgment and sentence of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal.
The appellant contends in this case that the court below which tried the cause had no jurisdiction, and that this court has no jurisdiction on appeal to try said case, because the record, as sent up from the District Court of Baylor…
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