Burk v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the embezzlement of a horse, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years; hence this appeal.

The State’s theory, as shown by the record, is to the effect that Coon Brothers owned a pasture in Hartley County, which adjoined Dallam, and had about sixty head of horses running in said pasture, some of which were the partnership property of the two brothers; and others belonged individually to R. S. Coon and W. H. Coon. Neither of the brothers lived on the ranch in question; W. H. Coon lived at Fort Worth, and R.…