Hopperwood v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before Hon. Samuel R. Scott. Appeal from a conviction of theft of one head of cattle; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant Avith the theft of one head of cattle, on the 10th of January, 1897, the property of one J. C. Bartlett. The statement of facts is quite voluminous, and it is unnecessary to state the case in detail.
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Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before Hon. Samuel R. Scott. Appeal from a conviction of theft of one head of cattle; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant Avith the theft of one head of cattle, on the 10th of January, 1897, the property of one J. C. Bartlett. The statement of facts is quite voluminous, and it is unnecessary to state the case in detail. Defendant’s first bill of exceptions is as íoIIoavs : “Be it remembered, that on the trial of the above styled and numbered cause, defendant called Alf. Childs and Walter…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERS ON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft of one head of cattle, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.
On the trial, appellant put Alf. Childs and Walter Gardner on the stand, and proved by them the good character of the appellant, in the neighborhood where he had lived, for honesty. The State was permitted on the cross-examination of said witnesses to show that they had heard appellant accused of connection with the theft of a certain other head of cattle, said theft having occurred prior to the alleged theft of the head of…
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