Renfroe v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a sentence of two years upon a conviction for sheep theft in Irion County.

It is alleged that on or about the 13th day of April, 1940, appellant took seven sheep from the possession of a person or persons, to the grand jurors unknown, without the owner’s consent and with intent to deprive said unknown person or persons of the value of same.

That a prosecution will lie for the theft of property from an unknown owner is well established, but the difficulty of proving the theft and all of the elements required by law must be recognized. There are conditions…