Heath v. State

Prom a judgment entered in conformity with a verdict finding him guilty of embezzlement appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The evidence, when we view it, as we must, in the light most favorable to the state, discloses that the prosecuting witness, Jim Powell, and his wife, reside, and at all times mentioned have resided, in Lafayette, county, about eight miles north of Lewisville. In January, 1942, appellant came to their home, and-represented himself to be a wealthy oil man from Texas, who owned interests in several wells, a refinery and, also, owned a large place on the Gulf Coast. Declaring…