Stephens v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is theft of cattle; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The indictment charged, in substance, that on the 28th of August, 1938, appellant and Joe Hill stole one head of cattle from Henry Hughes. Isaac Hughes, a son of the injured party, testified that prior to the loss of his father’s heifer he had placed her in a pen near the house. The following morning he found that she was gone and instituted a search for her. At this juncture we quote from his testimony, as follows: “After I missed the cow I began to search around, thought maybe the…