Green v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Robert Green was convicted of theft of a cow, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charged theft of one head of cattle from Dan G. Lehmberg in Mason County on or about February 16, 1949.

Milton Knotts testified for the state, and the court instructed the jury that he was an accomplice.

He testified that on the night of February 16, 1949, he shot and killed a cow on the range, under the directions of appellant who accompanied him, and for whom he was working at the time; that together they butchered the cow and took the meat…