Wilson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The stolen animal was alleged to be the property of Tebe Hart. The trial was had at a term of the District Court, in Foard County, which was-begun on the 24th of June, 1895, and adjourned the 2nd of July, 1895, after a session of nine days.
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The stolen animal was alleged to be the property of Tebe Hart. The trial was had at a term of the District Court, in Foard County, which was-begun on the 24th of June, 1895, and adjourned the 2nd of July, 1895, after a session of nine days. The judgment of conviction was rendered against defendant on the 27th of June, 1895. Under the Act of June 1st, 1892, which prescribed the times for the holding terms of the District Court in the Forty-sixth Judicial District, it was provided: “In the county of Foard on the twentieth Monday after the first Mondays in February and August, and may continue…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the theft of cattle, and given two years in the penitentiary, and prosecutes this appeal. The only question that requires to be considered by us is as to whether the court before whom appellant was tried was then holding a legal term. The record shows the trial of this cause to have been at a term of the District Court begun and holden on the 24th day of June, 1895, and which adjourned on the 2d day of July, 1895. The trial was in fact had on the 27th day of June, 1895. The acts of the legislature of 1892 (see, Acts 22d Leg., p. 58) authorize a…
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