midpage

Gray and Ross v. StateGray and Ross v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 3, 1894
No. 405.
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Hurt
HURT, Presiding Judge.

Conviction for swindling Jack Rowland, thereby obtaining from him a horse.

We have ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‍carefully examined the indictment in this record, in connection with the objections made thereto. It is sufficient. That Rowland was induced to bet his horse on ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‍his ability to open the knife does not prevent the transaction from being a swindle within the provisions of our statute.

The evidence is amply sufficient to ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‍support the verdict. Those who by such tricks as are shown in the record obtain the property of others justly deserve to be in the penitentiary. ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‍There was no objection made to the charge of the court when it was submitted to the jury. If not strictly correct in every particular, its ‍​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‍imperfections are not calculated to injure appellant.

Judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

Judges all present and concurring.

Case Details

Case Name: Gray and Ross v. State
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Mar 3, 1894
Citations: 25 S.W. 627; 32 Tex. Crim. 598; 1894 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 238; No. 405.
Docket Number: No. 405.
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
Log In