Watson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Houston. Tried below before the Hon. F. A. Williams, The indictment charged the appellant, Ose Owens and Hose Dickerson jointly with the theft of thirteen head of hogs, of the value of five dollars per head, the property of Joe Long, in Houston county, Texas, on the twenty-fifth day of October, 1883. The defendant being alone upon trial, was convicted, and was awarded a term of four years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Houston. Tried below before the Hon. F. A. Williams, The indictment charged the appellant, Ose Owens and Hose Dickerson jointly with the theft of thirteen head of hogs, of the value of five dollars per head, the property of Joe Long, in Houston county, Texas, on the twenty-fifth day of October, 1883. The defendant being alone upon trial, was convicted, and was awarded a term of four years in the penitentiary. Joe Long was the first witness for the State. He testified that, in December. 1883, he lost a bunch of from fourteen to sixteen hogs, consisting of…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
In our opinion, the evidence proves that the defendant was a principal in the commission of the theft. It shows that he entered into an agreement with Dickerson, the substance of which was that Dickerson would steal hogs and bring them to defendant’s house, where they were to be slaughtered and the meat salted and cured into bacon, and the bacon was to be divided equally between said Dickerson and defendant.
In pursuance of this agreement Dickerson, assisted by Owens, who had been induced by Dickerson to engage in the theft, stole Long’s hogs and drove them to defendant’s house,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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