Petty v. State

Appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction had in the District Court of Bandera County, on November 30, 1908, on a charge of theft of five goats, the property of Henry Haby. There are a number of questions raised in the record on which a reversal is sought, the most important of which we will discuss.

1. Complaint is made in the brief filed by counsel for appellant that the verdict as copied in the judgment is signed by a person who does not appear to have been a member of the jury trying the case. The following facts appear in the record of the case; the judgment contains the following…