Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Texas (Volume 25) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888. Excerpt: ... Statement of the case. them; Robertson county being located east and Milam west of said river. It follows, therefore, that a point on a line extending from Hearne, in Robertson county, westward one mile and a half west of the Brazos river, would be in Milam county, said line, as shown by a plat of the locality in evidence, being a straight one from Hearne to the point where the murder was committed. Considering together the facts proved and the facts which are matters of judicial knowledge, there is no room for doubting that the murder was committed in Milam county. The locus in quo could not possibly be in any other than Milam county. We find no error in the conviction, and the judgment is affirmed. Affirmed. Opinion delivered June 2, 1888. No. 5607. Charles Morgan V. The State. Bcroiary--Pact Case.--See the opinion and the statement of the cae for evidence held sufficient to support a conviction for burglary--thichief inculpatory facts being the defendant's unexplained possession and appropriation of certain articles stolen from the house. Appeal, from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Collard. This conviction was for the burglary of the blacksmith shop of one William Guenzell, in Robertson county, Texas, on the twenty-eighth day of January, 1887. The penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of three years in the penitentiary. William Guenzell was the first witness for the State. He testified that he lived in the town of Hearne, Robertson county, Texas. He was a blacksmith and wood workman, and proprietor of the shop, situated in said town. His said shop was entered on the night of January 28, 1887, by some person unknown to witness, and without witness's knowledge or consent, and certain articles, including a b...