GROOMS v. STATE

No. 27518.

278 S.W.2d 309 (1955)

Johnny GROOMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is theft of one goat; the punishment, two years' confinement in the penitentiary.

The State's testimony shows that the prosecuting witness, Nolan Mesecke, was a dealer in livestock and operated a commercial feed yard in the City of San Angelo, where he kept goats, sheep and cattle.

Mesecke testified that on the late afternoon of August 30, 1954, while he was at his place of business he heard a goat bleating; that he...

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