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27 Tex. Ct. App. 577

Wilson v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 11, 1889

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1889-05-11

Tried below be. fore the Hon. A. W. Moursund. The indictment charged the appellant with the theft of rails of the value of five dollars, and lumber of the value of eighteen dollars. The conviction was for theft of the rails, and the penalty assessed against the appellant was a fine of twenty dollars and confinement in the county jail for twenty-four hours. William McMichael was the first witness for the State.

Decided 1889-05-11

Willson, Judge.

¶1There is not sufficient evidence in the-record that the defendant took the rails with fraudulent intent. He took them openly, in the day time, in the presence of witnesses, and made no effort to conceal the taking. There is evidence tending to show that the rails taken belonged to him, or that he believed they belonged to him, anda special charge pre' senting this phase of the case was requested by the defendant and refused by the court, and the defendant excepted and reserved his bill. We think the charge should have been given, because it is a part of the law of the case, and was not embraced in the charge given to the jury.

¶2The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

¶3jReversed and remanded.

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