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Tollet v. the State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Oct 29, 1913
160 S.W. 454 (Tex. Crim. App. 1913)

Opinion

No. 2681.

Decided October 29, 1913.

Petty Theft — Sufficiency of the Evidence.

Where, upon trial of theft of chickens, the evidence sustained the conviction, there was no reversible error.

Appeal from the County Court of Tom Green. Tried below before the Hon. Oscar Frink.

Appeal from a conviction of theft of chickens; penalty, a fine of $25 and ten days in county jail.

The opinion states the case.

No brief on file for appellant.

C.E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.


Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of stealing some chickens — petty theft, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $25 and ten days in jail.

The evidence is amply sufficient to sustain the verdict. There is no bill of exceptions in the record, and there is no complaint in any way of the charge of the court. The only ground of complaint in the motion for a new trial is, in effect, that the verdict of the jury is contrary to the law, and contrary both to the law and the evidence. It would serve no useful purpose in this or any other case to state in full or in substance the evidence. If that introduced by the State was believed by the jury, which evidently it was, as stated above, it was amply sufficient to authorize the verdict.

The judgment will be affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Tollet v. the State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Oct 29, 1913
160 S.W. 454 (Tex. Crim. App. 1913)
Case details for

Tollet v. the State

Case Details

Full title:J.F. TOLLET v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Oct 29, 1913

Citations

160 S.W. 454 (Tex. Crim. App. 1913)
71 Tex. Crim. 560

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