Reynolds v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before the Hon. B. W. Rimes. The indictment in this case was joint against the appellant and one A. J. Moore, and charged them with the theft of nine hogs, of the value of $25, the property of M. C. Parker, in Bell county, Texas, on or about the 3d day of March, 1884. The appellant being alone upon trial, he was convicted and his punishment was assessed at a term of two years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before the Hon. B. W. Rimes. The indictment in this case was joint against the appellant and one A. J. Moore, and charged them with the theft of nine hogs, of the value of $25, the property of M. C. Parker, in Bell county, Texas, on or about the 3d day of March, 1884. The appellant being alone upon trial, he was convicted and his punishment was assessed at a term of two years in the penitentiary. The charge of the court upon circumstantial evidence, which is the subject-matter of the second head-note of this report, reads as follows: “You…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
At our last term at Tyler the judgment of con- \ viction in this case was affirmed without a written opinion. The case was at that time argued orally by counsel for appellant, and an able printed brief w7as also filed by said counsel in the case. We carefully read the record in the case, and considered each and all of the propositions presented in the brief of counsel, and elaborated in his oral argument. In this motion for rehearing, counsel for appellant insists that we erred in affirming the judgment, and suggests that this error is attributable to too hasty an examination…
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