Case Name: Henry Fowler v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 9 Tex. Ct. App. 149
Docket Number: 
Parties: Henry Fowler v. The State.
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Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 149–149

Head Matter:
Henry Fowler v. The State.
Petit Theft — Penalty—Verdict. — Theft of property worth less than $20 is punishable by fine and imprisonment in the county jail, or by such imprisonment without fine, but not by fine alone; and a verdict assessing a fine alone will not support a conviction.
Appeal from the County Court of Milam. Tried below before the Hon. R. J. Boykin, County Judge.
W. K. Homan, for the appellant.
George McCormicick, Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
Clark, J.
Theft of property under the value of $20 may be punished by fine and imprisonment in the county jail, or by such imprisonment without fine, but it cannot be punished by fine alone. Penal Code, art. 736. A verdict in such a case assessing the punishment at a pecuniary fine is contrary to the law, and not capable of supporting a conviction.
This being the character of the verdict in this case, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.