Long v. State

Decision Date17 March 1897
CitationLong v. State, 39 S.W. 674 (Tex. Crim. App. 1897)
PartiesLONG v. STATE.
CourtTexas Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from district court, Montague county; D. E. Barrett, Judge.

W. M. Long was convicted of theft, and appeals.Reversed.

W. S. Jameson and Harris, Etheridge & Knight, for appellant.Mann Trice, for the State.

DAVIDSON, J.

Appellant was convicted of the theft of one mule, and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.

The indictment fails to negative the consent of the alleged owner of the mule to the taking.This renders it fatally defective.In cases of theft, the statute requires that the alleged stolen property be obtained without the consent of the owner, or the person holding the same for the owner.Because of this defect in the indictment, the...

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6 cases
  • Bogany v. State, 01-82-0153-CR
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Appeals
    • 17 Febrero 1983
    ...These are Martinez v. State, 494 S.W.2d 182 (Tex.Cr.App.1973); Moore v. State, 473 S.W.2d 523 (Tex.Cr.App.1971); and Long v. State, 39 S.W. 674 (Tex.Cr.App.1897). The fourth, Kitchen v. State, 124 Tex.Cr.R. 358, 62 S.W.2d 144 (Tex.Cr.App.1933), negated the consent of the corporate agent hav......
  • Reynolds v. State
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • 3 Noviembre 1976
    ...must allege the owner's lack of consent to the taking of the property. Moore v. State, 473 S.W.2d 523 (Tex.Cr.App.1971); Long v. State, 39 S.W. 674 (Tex.Cr.App.1897) and see Kitchen v. State, 124 Tex.Cr.R. 358, 62 S.W.2d 144 (1931) and 5 Branch's Ann.P.C.2d ed. 86, Sec. Appellant argues tha......
  • Foster v. State, 52960
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • 30 Marzo 1977
    ...Kitchen v. State, 124 Tex.Cr.R. 358, 62 S.W.2d 144 (1933); Swink v. State, 32 Tex.Cr.R. 530, 24 S.W. 893 (1894), and Long v. State, 39 S.W. 674 (Tex.Cr.App.1897). The same rule was applied even though there was no exception to or motion to quash the indictment. This Court has held under the......
  • Martinez v. State
    • United States
    • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    • 9 Mayo 1973
    ...must allege the owner's lack of consent to the taking of the property. Moore v. State, 473 S.W.2d 523 (Tex.Cr.App.1971); Long v. State, 39 S.W. 674 (Tex.Cr.App.1897) and see Kitchen v. State, 124 Tex.Cr.R. 358, 62 S.W.2d 144 (1931) and 5 Branch's Ann.P.C.2d ed. 86, Sec. Lack of consent to t......
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