Legal Opinion

Taylor v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 15, 1905No. 3138PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HEHDEBSOH,

Judge.—Appellant was convicted of the theft of two mules, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years; hence this appeal. The theft, though proved by circumstantial evidence, was fully established by the State. The defense set up by appellant appears to have been insanity, and the evidence introduced by him to prove this, was the following: “Defendant offered in evidence a certified copy of the judgment of the County Court of Bexar County, Texas, adjudging W. J. Haden to be insane, having had only one attack of insanity recently before…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  2. Blackshear v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  3. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921

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