Otts v. State

Graves, Judge.

The offense charged is the theft of one head of cattle, and punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

This is a case of circumstantial evidence, and the court so charged the jury.

Mr. Donnell lost a certain animal, and its hide and head were found hidden under a bridge in Stephens County. The connection of appellant with the theft of said animal was mainly predicated on the fact that the appellant and his brother, Amos Otts, stored with Mr. McElroy at his ice house, in Amos Otts’ name, a hind quarter of a beef. There were some pieces of flesh cut out of…