Siars v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury charged with theft of a horse. When tried he was adjudged guilty and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

The evidence for the State would show that two officers were on the watch for cattle thieves. They saw defendant pass -and repass, where they were hid, several times. They recognized the defendant, so they say, and the last time he came near to the officers, they walked out in front of him, and called to him to halt, when he jumped from the wagon he was driving and ran. He fired at the officers after jumping out…