Legal Opinion

Camplin v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 1, 1876Published

Appeal from the District Court of Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Eichardson. A full statement of the case is given in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Ector, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the theft of two oxen, alleged to be the-property of one Thomas A. Jourdan, and his punishment assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary. The-defendant filed a motion for a new trial, and also a motion in arrest of judgment, both of which were overruled by the-court. The indictment is a good one. The description of the property alleged to have been stolen is set forth with sufficient certainty and particularity; they are described as • two worlc-oxen, the property of Thomas A. Jourdan. See Quince Henry v. The…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ivey v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  2. James v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1872

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