Deblanc v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is theft; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.

The appellant was a bank messenger. He wore a uniform identifying him as a messenger of the Texas Bank & Trust Company. The Texas Bank & Trust Company had an account at the Austin National Bank, both of which were situated" in Austin, Texas, and had mutual business transactions. It was customary to transfer money from one bank to the other by the bank messenger. The appellant had acted in the capacity mentioned for a long time. On the 31st day of December, 1929, he…