Vick v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for theft by false pretext; the punishment, five years.

Prosecution was based upon a general theft indictment which charged the fraudulent taking of certain corporeal personal property of the value of over $50 from one A. I. Blum.

The state’s evidence shows that the injured party, Blum, owned and operated a store in the city of Corpus Christi known as Blum’s Stag Shop. On December 8, 1964, appellant went into the store and purchased a man’s suit, a pair of shoes, and some ties. In the transaction, appellant represented to the injured party that his name was…