Arbuthnot v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Montague County. Tried below before Hon. Leyi Walkeb, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for unlawfully and willfully pulling down and injuring the fence of another; penalty, a’fine of $10. The sufficiency of the information was attacked by a motion in arrest ' of judgment, which was overruled. This motion is fully disclosed by the opinion, which also contains a sufficient statement of the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
The appellant was convicted of unlawfully and willfully pulling down and injuring the fence of J. G. Reynolds, without the consent of said Reynolds, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $10.
The appellant asked two special charges, and took a bill of exceptions to the refusal of the court to give them.
The first special charge requested, in effect, told the jury that “if you believe that Reynolds agreed with the defendant to leave the question of location of the line between him and said Reynolds with the county surveyor of the county, and to move the fence on the line…
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