Herr v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.—

The indictment charges theft from the person' so suddenly as not to allow time to make resistance before the property was carried away.

The witness for the State, who was the alleged injured party, was named Goad; he testified that appellant took his watch and had it in his possession; that as soon as he felt it being taken he grabbed appellant with his left hand and took the' watch with his right hand and stuck it back in his pocket. On cross-examination, he testified that, “ Whoever took my watch did not jerk it away so quickly that I did not have time to make…