Jackson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried below before Hon. E. D. Gavin. This appeal is from a conviction for theft of property over the value of $20, the punishment assessed being six years and eleven months in the penitentiary. Ho statement is required.
1Opinion of the Court
HEHDERSOH, Judge.
The appellant in this case was tried in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, on the 28th of December, 1894, on an indictment charging him with theft of personal property over the value of $20, and convicted, and his punishment assessed at a term of six years and eleven months in the penitentiary; and from this judgment and sentence prosecutes this appeal.
The defendant assigns two errors: 1. That the court erred in" overruling the defendant’s motion for a new trial, for the reason that the evidence was insufficient to warrant the jury in finding a verdict of guilty.…
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