Pope v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of cattle theft and his punishment assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

The State had Otto Russell, who was a guilty participant in the crime, to testify as one of its main witnesses. He had a family who resided in said county a .few miles from Red River. He stayed most of his time for months previous to the alleged theft at an old abandoned ferry named Bee Tree Ferry. While he did work in ditching and draining near said old ferry, a part of his business at least was bootlegging— unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor.

Russell testified that on…