Powers v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted for the theft of one head of cattle and his punishment assessed at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary,—the punishment in this case being made cumulative of another conviction for theft had at a previous term of the court.

The testimony in this case shows that the animal alleged to have been stolen was branded—; that the State introduced a bill of sale from appellant to W. E. Moore to three head of cattle, the bill of sale showing the brand to be—. Mr. Moore was dead, but his son testified that appellant gave this bill to his father; that he helped…