Hoovel v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of theft of property over the value of $50.00, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for á term of four years.

On the 10th day of January, 1933, and for some days prior thereto, the appellant and one Mark V. Packard, alias L. E. Hull, were stopping at the Hilton Hotel in the city of Dallas. During the time they were staying at said hotel they learned from one Frank Thompson that Mr. Lawrence Holcomb was the owner of" some common stock of Cities Service Company, and the said appellant and the said…