Burns v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

The offense, theft of a hog; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

There are several interesting questions presented with reference to the failure of the court to permit appellant to offer in evidence certain matters occurring subsequent to the killing of the hog he was charged with stealing which he claimed showed, or tended to show, that the hog belonged to appellant and that he took the hog in good faith, and that if a mistake was made, it was an honest one. However, in view of the disposition we shall make of this case, we think it unnecessary to discuss those…