Case ID: sw_299/html/1118-05.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "MORROW, P. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Haywood JACKSON v. STATE.
    (No. 11167.)
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Nov. 23, 1927.
    Appeal from Rains County Court; J. S. Smiley, Judge.
    A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.
   MORROW, P. J.

The offense is theft of chickens; punishment fixed at a fine of $1. The date of the offense is April 20, 1925. The trial took place on the 14th of July, 1926. At that time the offense was a misdemeanor. The record is without statement of facts and bills of exceptions. The statute making the theft of chickens a felony (chapter 15, Acts of 39th Leg., 1st Called Sess.) did not become effective until January 6, 1927. The judgment is affirmed.