Cravey v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of San Saba. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. Moursund. This is a companion case to the case of Mayfield v. The State (ante, p. 645); the conviction is for the same offense, the theft of a mare, the property of J. B. Fondren, and is based upon substantially the same testimony, delivered by the same witnesses. The penalty assessed was a term of five years in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
Appellant’s application for change of venue was based upon both the statutory grounds named in Article 578, Code of Criminal Procedure, to wit, prejudice *678and a dangerous combination of influential persons. This application was resisted by the State, and, upon consideration of the evidence adduced, pro and con, the trial judge overruled the motion. As proof of a combination of influential persons, it was shown that the commissioners court of the county had appropriated a sum of money to aid in the prosecution of cattle and horse thieves generally, and had employed…
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- Sims v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938