Court of Appeals of Texas July 1, 1877 (Sheppard v. State)

Ector, Presiding Judge.

On the 11th day of September,. 1874, the appellant was indicted for the theft of a bridle and pair of martingales from a house. He was tried at the-March term, 1876 ; the jury found him guilty, and assessed his punishment at two years in the penitentiary. Article-764, under which the prosecution was had, reads as follows r

“ Art. 764.