Jaimes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hidalgo. Tried below before Hon. John C. Russell. Appellant was indicted for the fraudulent conversion of a horse, of which he was the bailee, and at his trial was convicted, his punishment being assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary. No statement is necessary.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This conviction was for embezzlement by appellant, as bailee, of a certain horse, the property of one Lopez. Among Others, the court gave the following instructions: “ If the jury believe from the evidence that defendant borrowed the animal in question, and was to return it in two days, and did not so return it, but took it to Laredo, or other place, and it was taken away from him, such would be a fraudulent appropriation of the animal by the defendant, and you will find him guilty as charged; this to be considered in connection with the other facts of this charge.” For two…
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