Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas December 2, 1942, No. 22304 (Hancock v. State)

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is theft. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for life.

It was, in substance, charged in the indictment that on or about the 9th day of February, 1941, W. A. Hancock, in Gaines County, Texas, did unlawfully and fraudulently take from the possession of A. R. Sims eleven horses, etc.