Ledbetter v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This appeal is from a conviction for theft of one head of cattle, the punishment assessed being two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The offense was alleged to have been committed in McCulloch County, and the indictment was presented in that county.
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This appeal is from a conviction for theft of one head of cattle, the punishment assessed being two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The offense was alleged to have been committed in McCulloch County, and the indictment was presented in that county. After three trials, two convictions and one mistrial of the case in that county, which was sparsely settled, the District Judge changed the venue to Brown County, because he did not believe defendant could get another fair and impartial trial in said county. On this trial in the court below, the defendant did not deny that he had killed…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Appellant in this case was convicted of the theft of a cow, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary. . This case was before us at the Dallas term, 1895, (29 S. W Rep., 1084), and the judgment was reversed, because of the manner in which a witness was impeached, the predicate for the impeachment not having been first laid. The first bill of exceptions was reserved to the introduction in evidence of a certified copy of the record of a mark and brand on the left side and thigh, recorded in the name of Word & Men-dell, and subsequently transferred on…
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