Stanfield v. State

-HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the theft of a horse, and his punishment assessed at five j'ears confinement in the penitentiary; hence this appeal. The State’s testimony shows- that the horse in question belonged to a Mexican, Ismael Guerrero, who lived beyond Onion Creek, on the south side of the Colorado River, some six or seven miles from Austin. The horse in question was turned into the pasture. On Friday morning, April 27, 1905, the horse was missed from the pasture. Four wires of the fence were cut where the horse was evidently taken out. Guerrero, and his neighbor Gomez…