Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This appeal is from a conviction for the fraudulent disposition of mortgaged personal property, the punishment being assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The property, as described in the indictment, was: “1 suit and springs; 4 oak diners; 1 breakfast table; 2 uph. chairs (meaning u¡>holstered); 1 oak rocker; 45f- yds. (meaning yards) matting; 50 yds. (meaning yards) paper; 4 window shades; 1 mattress and 2 window jioles.”
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This appeal is from a conviction for the fraudulent disposition of mortgaged personal property, the punishment being assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The property, as described in the indictment, was: “1 suit and springs; 4 oak diners; 1 breakfast table; 2 uph. chairs (meaning u¡>holstered); 1 oak rocker; 45f- yds. (meaning yards) matting; 50 yds. (meaning yards) paper; 4 window shades; 1 mattress and 2 window jioles.” The mortgage, which was introduced in evidence, was as follows: “Wichita Falls, Texas, March 11, 1895. “For value received, I promise to pay to the…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted for selling personal property, then being under a written mortgage, with intent to defraud the person holding such mortgage, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years, and. he prosecutes this appeal. On the trial of the case, the State offered in evidence a mortgage in writing. Appellant objected to the introduction of the same: (1) Because the property was not sufficiently described so that the same, can be identified, and said mortgage is void, because said property was not sufficiently described. (2) Because there…
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