Case Name: SMITH v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1941-02-12
Citations: 147 S.W.2d 798
Docket Number: No. 21440
Parties: SMITH v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 147
Pages: 798–798

Head Matter:
SMITH v. STATE.
No. 21440.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 12, 1941.
Fred O. Jaye, of De Leon, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austni, for the State.

Opinion:
KRUEGER, Judge.
The offense is theft of sheep. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.
There are no bills of exception in the record complaining of any matter of procedure. Consequently the only question presented is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.
The testimony shows that on or about the 20th day of March, 1940, Clyde Inches miss-' ed some sheep from his pasture. All of his sheep were branded with red paint on the hip. One of those which he lost was a ewe with a long tail, one was blade faced and one had a hump on his back like a camel. The officers located these sheep in East-land County in the possession of Tom Payne, who testified that on the 21st day of March, he purchased seven sheep from appellant for the sum of $2.50 each, or a total of $17.50. Clyde Inches positively identified the sheep which Payne had purchased from appellant as his sheep and carried them back home to Coryell County. Appellant did not testify or offer any affirmative defense.
We deem, the evidence sufficient tc sustain the jury's conclusion of appellant's guilt.
Finding no reversible error in the record, the judgment is affirmed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.