Otts v. State

Krueger, Judge.

The offense is theft of one head of cattle; the punishment, confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of two years.

The testimony adduced by the State, briefly stated, shows that on the morning of May 12, 1937, around 10 A. M., S. P. Robertson found a hide of a Hereford calf or yearling under the approach of a bridge across Hubbard Creek. He and one Thurman Robertson examined the hide and discovered that it bore the brand “F-Y” on the left shoulder; they recognized this as the brand of Alfred Donnell. On the morning of the same day about 3 or 4 A. M., the appellant,…