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28 Tex. 696

Tharp v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1866

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1866-12-15

The case was tried before Hon. B. W. Scott, one of the district judges. At the fall term, 1865, the appellant was indicted hy the grand jury of Ellis county for taking up and using a certain ox, without complying with the laws regulating estrays. The offense was alleged to have been committed in Ellis county, and the value of the ox was laid in the indictment at $20.

Decided 1866-12-15

Donley, J.

¶1—The judgment in this case must he reversed. It does not appear from the evidence that the defendant took and used the ox in Ellis county. It was necessary that this proof should have been made. It was a matter of substance, and requisite to give the court jurisdiction.

¶2The proof was further insufficient, in not showing the value of the ox; this was necessary to enable the jury to determine the amount of punishment. (State v McCormack, 22 Tex., 297.)

¶3The judgment is reversed, and the cause

¶4Demanded.

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