Pointer v. State

OPINION

QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.

Appellant was charged by complaint and information with the offense of attempted theft of property of the value of over twenty dollars and under two hundred dollars. The jury assessed his punishment at confinement in jail for thirty days which was probated for six months and a fine of two hundred dollars which was not probated.

The property was alleged to consist of two roosters belonging to Asper Joe Caruso, and the testimony showed conclusively that such roosters were fighting cocks which were bred and raised for sale to individuals who utilized such…