Mazureczk v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bandera. Tried below before the Honorable B. H. Burney. Appeal from a conviction of theft of sheep; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. , The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft of three sheep alleged to be the property of Postert, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.
The case is one of circumstantial evidence insofar as it tends to show an original taking. The State introduced statements of appellant to the effect that he bought the sheep or some of them from a party named Reaube, and also some from Fries. Reaube testified that he had traded sheep to appellant. These sheep were described by Reaube. The State’s theory of this phase of the case was the sheep bought by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fisher v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1871
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