Crowder v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

This conviction is for the theft of mules: two years confinement in the penitentiary assessed against appellant as the punishment. The evidence discloses that appellant was found in possession of the mules alleged to have been stolen in company with Andrew McMillan and Welch. The evidence further shows that W. M. Hopper and G. W. Hutchison made a written contract with Andrew- McMillan to act as a detective in order to catch appellant, whom they believed had been stealing their stock. By the terms of the contract with McMillan, the latter ivas to go with John AVelch and defendant…