Lehman v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Parker. Tried below before the Hon. E. E. Beckham. The facts of the case are fully disclosed in the opinion of the court. A term of two years in the penitentiary was the punishment assessed against the appellant by the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the theft of certain silver spoons and forks, of the value of $25, and the property of one Paul Chaptive. In brief, the main facts are that the spoons and forks were engraved with the letters “A. CL,” the initials of the owner's deceased father; that appellant had frequently been at the house of the owner, had sat at his table at meals, and had used and was familiar with the silverware; that the articles were stolen in August or September, 1883, and were found and recovered over a year afterwards (October, 1884), on the premises of one…
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