Pigg v. State

Citations

• 43 Tex. 108

Syllabus

<p>1. Opinion of witness as to insanity.—The opinion of the family physician who has observed symptoms of insanity in defendant is admissible on the question of his sanity at the time of the commission of an offense.</p> <p>2. Want of consent of owner—Theft.—It is not consent to the taking for the owner to obtain the aid of a detective, who for the purpose of detection joins the defendant in a criminal act designed by the defendant and carried into execution by actual theft.</p> <p>3. Variance.—Where on a trial for theft of a gelding, the statement of facts shows that the word horse is used in describing the animal stolen, and no question was made below, quere, whether the court on appeal would reverse for variance in proof.</p>