Rollins v. State

MORROW, Judge.

The conviction was for theft of cattle. The facts supporting the conviction are substantially these': J. P. Hartford was the manager of a ranch known as the Double H Company, and as such was in possession of its property, including cattle. About May 11916, he lost three bulls branded with the figure 2 on the jaw and the figure 5 on the neck, and a tattoo and tag in the ear. Two of these cattle were later in July, 1916, found in the pasture of Norman Rogers. The brands had been changed. The figure 2 had been converted into an open A, the 5 into an 8, and the mark had also been…