Perry v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Kaufman. Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. ' Perry was indicted and convicted for theft of a steer. His punishment was fixed at a fine and imprisonment in the county jail. The testimony showed that he was found in the possession, with two others, of a drove of stolen cattle, in which drove was the steer for theft of which he was charged.
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Appeal from Kaufman. Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. ' Perry was indicted and convicted for theft of a steer. His punishment was fixed at a fine and imprisonment in the county jail. The testimony showed that he was found in the possession, with two others, of a drove of stolen cattle, in which drove was the steer for theft of which he was charged. Perry, when found with the cattle, said he was employed by Graham & Basham, and did not want to stop the cattle, unless the party arresting him would be responsible to Graham & Basham. It appeared that Perry had had no connection with the…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
Appellant and four others were jointly indicted for the theft of a steer of the value of twenty dollars, charged to have been stolen May 4, 1873. *485He was found guilty by the jury, and his punishment assessed to confinement in the county jail for three months and a fine of one hundred dollars.
A number of exceptions were taken to the rulings of the court, on objections made by appellant to evidence on behalf of the State, some of which, if critically examined, we incline to believe would be found erroneous. But as we are clearly of the opinion the testimony, as it went…
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