McLaren v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Robertson. Tried below before the Hon. J. E. Crawford, County Judge. The conviction in this case was for the theft of a hack cushion and a pair of .hack lines, of the aggregate value of seven dollars, the property of J. E. Bond, in Robertson county, Texas, on the thirteenth day of October, 1884. The penalty assessed against the appellant was a fine of twenty-five dollars and confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days. . J. E.…
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Appeal from the County Court of Robertson. Tried below before the Hon. J. E. Crawford, County Judge. The conviction in this case was for the theft of a hack cushion and a pair of .hack lines, of the aggregate value of seven dollars, the property of J. E. Bond, in Robertson county, Texas, on the thirteenth day of October, 1884. The penalty assessed against the appellant was a fine of twenty-five dollars and confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days. . J. E. Bond was the first witness for the State. He testified, in substance, that one night, in October or November, 1884, he…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
This conviction is not only not supported by, but is against the evidence and the law. Defendant explained his possession of the property by saying that he had found it on the road and had taken it up and carried it to his *517home. He proved the truth of this explanation by a witness who testified that he was in company with the defendant when the property was so found and taken. There is not a particle of evidence tending to show the falsity of defendant’s explanation, but, on the contrary, all the evidence in the case tends strongly to establish its truth, and corroborates the…
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