Case Name: Margaret Jackson v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1871
Citations: 34 Tex. 136
Docket Number: 
Parties: Margaret Jackson v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 136–136

Head Matter:
Margaret Jackson v. The State.
On a trial for theft the State wholly failed to prove the time at which the offense was committed. " Held, that for this deficiency in the proof, the' ■ ■ judgment-must be reversed, and the cause remanded for a new trial.
Appeal from Fayette. Tried below before the Hon. I. B. McFarland. . " ' .
The opinion is referred to for such facts as are material.
J. R. Burns, for the appellant.
Ho brief for the State.

Opinion:
Ogden, J.
The appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted-of the theft of a cow. On the trial of the case the State wholly failed to prove the time when the alleged offense was committed, and-for this the judgment must be reversed; and as the cause will be again tried in the district court, it may be well to remark, that in our opinion the defendant was entitled to a rehearing on her motion, for a new trial, on account of the insufficiency of the evidence in proving any offense to warrant a conviction. The testimony of the witnesses for the State failed to make out a case of theft. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and-remanded-.' -