Norton v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appeal from conviction for the theft of one calf; penalty, is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction. A careful consideration thereof leads us to an adverse conclusion. The evidence adduced by the State, briefly stated, shows that on or about the 17th or 18th day of September, 1943, Don Drake noticed that one of his Hereford cows, bearing a circle brand on her hip, was in appellant’s pasture, but that her calf was not with her. He reported the matter to the officers who began…