Sands v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Harrison. Tried below before Hon. A. H. Cooper, County Judge. Appellant was prosecuted and convicted under an information charging him with fraudulently receiving and concealing one hundred pounds of pork, cut up into small pieces, of the value of $10, his punishment being assessed at a fine of $25 and imprisonment of five days in the county jail.
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Appeal from the County Court of Harrison. Tried below before Hon. A. H. Cooper, County Judge. Appellant was prosecuted and convicted under an information charging him with fraudulently receiving and concealing one hundred pounds of pork, cut up into small pieces, of the value of $10, his punishment being assessed at a fine of $25 and imprisonment of five days in the county jail. The evidence shows that the hog was stolen by Tom Smith and George Brewster; and the hog and parties who stole him were tracked to one Bill Brewster’s, where the hair, entrails, and a portion of the meat were found.…
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR A BEHEADING.
HURT, Judge.
At a former day of this term the appeal was dismissed. A rehearing is now asked, and after a careful consideration of the question involved, we are of the opinion that the motion ought to be granted.
The recognizance recites that appellant stands charged in the County Court “with the offense of receiving and concealing stolen property of *580the value of $10, knowing the same to have been stolen, and who has been convicted of said offense,” etc. The offense here attempted to be described is that denounced in article 743 of our Penal Code, which reads as…
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