Byrd v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

— The conviction was for receiving stolen property and the punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment in this case contained one count, which charged that the appellant, Clyde Byrd, “did then and there unlawfully and fraudulently receive from M. L. Mooney, one head of cattle then and there belonging to E. W. Blain, and which said cattle had theretofore been acquired by the said M. L. Mooney, in such manner as that the acquisition comes within the meaning of the term theft, and the said Clyde Byrd did then and there fraudulently receive said cattle then…