Flores v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Tom Green County of felony theft, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

The property stolen was a jersey heifer. The alleged owner testified that after searching for his animal he found where she had been killed near an old well not far from an abandoned house in the little village of Knickerbocker in Tom Green County. Blood was there on the ground. In the well he discovered a hide and entrails. According to his testimony said hide bore the brand of his heifer. He further stated that afterward he accused…