Lemon v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Charged with theft and receiving stolen property, appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor; punishment fixed at confinement in jail for twenty-five days.

Appellant and his brother, John Lemon, were charged, by separate indictments, with the theft of certain tools. The articles had been left by the owner in his field about his tractor. He caused a search of the residence of John Lemon and there found some of the articles in his possession. He also caused the search of the premises of the father of appellant and in one of the outhouses, among other tools, he found some…