Stewart v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Camp. Tried below before the Hon. B. T. Estes. The indictment and conviction were for the theft of a certain steer belonging to S. C. Choat. The punishment assessed was a term of two years in the penitentiary. The opinion discloses the facts relevant to the rulings.
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, P. J.
Two supposed errors are mainly relied upon for a reversal of the judgment, viz. : First, that the want of consent of the alleged owner was not sufficiently or legally proven; and, second, that the court erred in the charge as given to the jury, and in failing or omitting to give in charge other portions of the law applicable to the facts.
The stolen animal was alleged to be the property of one S. C. Choat. It appears that Choat had purchased the animal as it ran upon its accustomed range in Camp County, of one McGraw, and that he left the steer in the range in Camp County, with the…
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