Knight v. State

This appeal was dismissed on June 11, 1930, because the transcript contained no caption. A sufficient caption having been supplied, the appeal was reinstated on June 26, 1930. The case will now be considered on its merits.

The indictment herein charged appellant simply with theft of cattle alleged to have been taken and appropriated in Collingsworth county, Texas. The proof showed that said cattle were taken in Oklahoma and thereafter brought into Texas; also that under the laws of Oklahoma such taking in said state would be felony theft. The charge of the trial court told the jury to convict…