Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-18
STEPHENYILLE.
a Man Found Guilty of stenltug His own
Colt.

a Man Found Guilty of stenltng His Own
Colt.
Correspondence Gazette.
STEPHBNYIuLE, TEX, jane 1.-THE
commencement exercises in our college
began to-day and will close next Friday
night, the 18TH inst. Our school mas sue
ceeded admirably well this year under
the management OF Prof. S. NJ. u. Marrs,
assisted by Prof. w, j. Clay, Mrs. Jane
T.. Burroughs and Miss Allie King, teach
ers. We have he'd good attendance, d
portion OF the tine over two hundred
students.
We get the summer normal school in
this senatorial district this year. 1t will
open here on the 18th of July and close on
the 9TH of August.
Our justice court was in session two
weeks ago in this precinct, No. l., and
there was then tried In that court per-
haps one of the most remarkable cases
that has ever been tried in any court. II
was the trial Of the right OF property be-
tween l.. w. Owens, as plaintiff, against
w. II Bosey, as defendant, to the title to
colt. This case has history that is re-
markable in It's results. The plaintiff,
Owens, is a citizen of this county and has
been for ten or twelve years. He is a
man who stands high, and has an unim-
peachable character for honesty, integ-
rity aud fair dealing IN the neighborhoOd
IN which he lives. Bosey, the defendant,
Is also citizen of this county, and has
been for several years. Owens has some
| stock, both cattle and horses. In the
spring of 1886 he branded bay mare
colt, then two years old. and turned il
out on the range, where II had
been running the fall and winter be-
fore. In the fall Of 1885 Bosey
saw the colt on the rSnge with Owens
| brand on 1t, and claimed il for his own.
| He took 1t home. Owens was then in
/ Fort Worth, but when he came home he
saw Bosey and claimed the colt. Bosey
also claimed It. Owens proposed to ar
bitrate the matter and let neighbors de.
eide whose colt II was. Bosey refused
TO do this, bat went before the grand
| jury OF tins county, then in session, and
indicted Ovens for the theft OF the colt
as his (Bosey'sl property Owens filed
q suit of sequestration in the Justices
court TO try the right OF property In the
colt, and in February there was trial OF
the case. The jury failed TO agree,
standing four for Owens and two fol
Bosey The case was then continued
uhtil INC olht uay oL May lhst, When II
was tried again, and after four days
trial, IN which great number Of wit
| nesses We're examined ON both sides,
! the Jury returned verdict
In favor OF the plaintiff, Owens, awarding
him the colt, and saying it was his prop
! erty. In the meantime our district court
! convened here on the stl day OF April
last, and on the 18th day OF April T.. w.
| Owens, plaintiff In the suit ANA defoud.
ant in the indictment, was placed on trial
ia tine district court In this case and was
convicted on this charge for the theft OF
this colt as the property OF w. IL Bosey,
and his punishment assessed at twelve
years confinement in the penlteutlary,
ana to-day the defendant Is In joil, and
his appeal Is now pending in the court Of
appeals. convicted ON the charge Of
theft OF his own colt, aud his punishment
assessed al twelve years confinement in
the penltenliary,
And the records OF the Justice court
here show the tltle Of this colt In the de-
PENDANT, l.. w. Owens. This judgment
was rendered by an intelligen. court and
jury. Perhaps there Is not another case
like this in the history Of our criminal or
civil Jurisprudence.