Legal Opinion

Burrows v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 1, 1933No. 15686PublishedCited by 2 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Theft of an automobile horn of the value less than fifty dollars is the offense; penalty assessed at a fine of one dollar.

The evidence is circumstantial. A recital of it is not desirable further than to state that in holding the evidence sufficient the trial court” is not deemed to have been in error. The trial was had in the county court of Nacogdoches county. A written charge was given to the jury. In a special charge, appellant requested the court to instruct the jury to acquit him if he had traded gasoline to a third party for the horn in question or if they had a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hand v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  2. Simpson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Long v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
  2. Sanderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935

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