Shaw v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Fannin. Tried below before the Hon. D. H. Scott. Appellant was convicted of theft of a gold ring from the person of Della Fry, on Hovember 30, 1886, and his punishment was assessed at a term of three years in the penitentiary. The opinion of this court sets out, in substance, the charging clause of the indictment, and summarises the grounds upon which the appellant relied for a reversal of the conviction.
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Appeal from the District Court of Fannin. Tried below before the Hon. D. H. Scott. Appellant was convicted of theft of a gold ring from the person of Della Fry, on Hovember 30, 1886, and his punishment was assessed at a term of three years in the penitentiary. The opinion of this court sets out, in substance, the charging clause of the indictment, and summarises the grounds upon which the appellant relied for a reversal of the conviction. Miss Della Fry, for the State, testified that, on the night of November 30, 1886, she attended a dance at Mr. J. W. Wilson’s, about three and a half miles…
1Opinion of the Court
ON REHEARING.
White, Presiding Judge.
At a former day of the present term, we affirmed the judgment of the court below convicting this appellant of theft from the person, and assessing his penalty at three years in the penitentiary. His motion for a rehearing, which is supplemented by an able brief and argument of his counsel, presents three questions for adjudication, and upon *497which it is insisted the judgment is erroneous and should be reversed. First, it is contended that the indictment is invalid, because it does not allege the value of the property, or that the property had any value;…
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