Bacon v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

—The appellant was indicted for the theft of $295 in money from H. Spruce. The jury found him guilty of theft of over the value of $50, and assessed his punishment at two years confinement in the penitentiary. The evidence in the case amply sustains the conviction.

1. The first ground of exception by appellant is the action of the lower court in overruling his motion for a continuance. The application states that it was the first application. The judge in approving the bill states that it was the second application, and contains only the requisites of the first. The…