Coward v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Edwards. Tried below before J. H. Clark, Esq., Special-Judge. The conviction in this case was had under an indictment which charged the appellant with the the theft of “one head of neat cattle,” the property of William Kelso, Sr. The penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of two years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Edwards. Tried below before J. H. Clark, Esq., Special-Judge. The conviction in this case was had under an indictment which charged the appellant with the the theft of “one head of neat cattle,” the property of William Kelso, Sr. The penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of two years in the penitentiary. William Kelso, the first witness for the State, testified that he lived in Edwards county, Texas, and had but a slight acquaintance with the defendant. The witness, during the month of April, 1887, owned a certain cow and her yearling calf, which…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted upon an indictment charging him with the theft “of one head of neat cattle,” the property of Wm. Kelso, Sr.
It is shown by the evidence that two animals belonging to the alleged owner were found with their ear marks changed into the ear mark of defendant and the brand upon one of the animals was also obliterated and the brand of defendant placed upon it. One was a cow, the other was a yearling and the calf of said cow. When the cow was first seen after her ear mark was changed, she was in a pen and defendant and another party were present. When…
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