Carver v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Atascosa. Tried below before' Hon. W. W. Walling, Special Judge. Appeal from a conviction for theft of two head of cattle; penalty, three'years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the theft of the cattle about the 22nd of May, 1887, and alleged the ownership) in one J. M. White. Appellant forfeited his appearance bond in 1887, and went to Mexico, and resided there until July, 1896, when he was extradited.
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Appeal from the District Court of Atascosa. Tried below before' Hon. W. W. Walling, Special Judge. Appeal from a conviction for theft of two head of cattle; penalty, three'years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the theft of the cattle about the 22nd of May, 1887, and alleged the ownership) in one J. M. White. Appellant forfeited his appearance bond in 1887, and went to Mexico, and resided there until July, 1896, when he was extradited. The matters relating to his application for continuance are fully stated in the opinion. The case is concisely stated,…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the theft of two head of cattle, and prosecutes this appeal. When the case was called for trial, the defendant filed and presented an application for a continuance of the cause on account of the absence of several witnesses, by whom he expected to establish the fact that he had bought the animals charged to have been stolen from one Ventura Verra. He expected to prove this by one or two of the witnesses, and by the other witnesses collateral circumstances, showing that this man Verra had possession of the property before the purchase was made by…
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