Holder v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant received at the hands of a jury a verdict of two years in the penitentiary in punishment of the charged crime of theft of property over the value of $50.00.

This case began with a plea of not guilty, and after the testimony was all in it seems that appellant changed such plea to that of guilty, and endeavored to obtain a suspended sentence, leaving such to be the only matter to be determined by the jury.

Bill of exceptions No. 1 complains because of the fact that the State was allowed to prove, over appellant’s objections, that one Leffel had lost a saddle by theft on…