Legal Opinion

Castleberry v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 6, 1896No. 770PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before Hon. W. G. Taliaferro. This appeal is from a conviction for receiving stolen property of the value of §50, knowing it to have been stolen; the punishment assessed being two years in the penitentiary. No statement necessary.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The appellant in this case was convicted under an indictment charging him with receiving stolen property, over the value of $50, knowing the same to have been so acquired, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary, and from the judgment and sentence of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. The only question that is necessary to be considered by us in this case is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict of the j ury. The proof was substantially as follows: It was proven that one Hutchinson lost some jewelry, to-wit: -a watch and a finger…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Durant v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1865

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Dennis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Kasle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1916
  3. Ehrman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. Hynson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963

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