Legal Opinion

Abercrombie v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 17, 1931No. 14403Published

1Opinion

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

LATTIMORE, Judge.

The car in question was stolen. Thereafter it was found in appellant’s possession. The state offered nothing further to prove him the actual taker. He testified that he bought said car in good faith from one Bowen in Fort Worth. The testimony sufficiently threw doubt upon his explanation to justify the trial court in submitting it to the jury. Fallon v. State, 89 Texas Crim. Rep., 247, 230 S. W., 170; Fuller v. State, 99 Texas Crim. Rep., 475, 270 S. W., 169; Mehlman v. State, 92 Texas Crim. Rep., 455, 244 S. W., 523.

The testimony supports the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mehlman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  2. Fallon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  3. Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925

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