Winn v. State

Citations

• 17 Tex. Ct. App. 284
• 1884 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 213

Syllabus

<p>Theft—Intent—Evidence — Charge of the Court.— See the opinion and the statement of the case for evidence in a trial for horse theft held insufficient to support a conviction, inasmuch as it fails to show, conclusively, a fraudulent intent on the part of the defendant in the taking. Note also a state. of proof whereunder it would be proper for the trial court to submit, in its charge to the jury, the issue of a taking under an honest, though mistaken claim of right.</p>