Allen v. State

Citations

• 42 Tex. 517

Syllabus

<p>1. Marks and brands. It is error to admit as evidence the mark and brand of a party, without preliminary proof that the same is recorded.</p> <p>2. Hired hand. It seems that in prosecutions for theft, where defendant is a hired hand acting under the orders of another, that the fact of stolen cattle being found in the herd which defendant, with others, is engaged in driving, is insufficient to sustain a verdict of guilty.</p>