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

White, J.

The indictment in this case charges the defendant with the theft of a dun gelding, whose owner was unknown. Things, to be the subject of larceny, must have an owner in fact, though he may doubtless be unknown to the thief, as clearly he may be to the grand jury who indict him. 2 Bishop’s Cr. Law, sec. 800.