Burke v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was charged by indictment filed in the District Court of McLennan County, on the 26th day of September, 1908, with theft from the person. The indictment contained two counts, one charging theft from the person of one Adams without his knowledge or consent, and the other charging theft of the same property—sixty-five dollars in money—from the person of said Adams without his consent and so suddenly as not to' allow time to make resistance before said property was carried away”. The second count only of the indictment was submitted to the jury. On this count appellant…