Brown v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

The offense is theft of cattle. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of two years.

The record reflects that on the night in question Lit Sparks contacted one, Giles Carter, a trucker, to haul some cattle to Fort Worth. About midnight, Carter came to Finch’s Cafe near Gordon where Sparks met him. At the time that Sparks was talking to Carter there were two men sitting in an automobile a short distance away. Sparks remarked, “Here is the man that wants the cattle loaded — let’s go load them up.” Sparks then got into the truck with Carter…