Walls v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Defendant, in Delta County, pointed out the animal to Paris Prim, claiming that it was his property, and Prim afterwards purchased the animal from defendant in Delta County, but subsequently took the animal into his posssession in Hopkins County.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the theft of a horse, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary, and prosecutes this appeal.
Appellant assigns a number of errors, but the only one that he appears to insist upon is the jurisdiction, or venue of the offense. The indictment was presented and the case prosecuted in Hopkins County. The proof did not show any actual taking by' appellant in person in Hopkins County. However, it did show that the animal ran in Hopkins County and also in Delta. Appellant sold the animal to one Prim, the sale being consummated…
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