Collins v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, enhanced by two previous convictions for felony theft, life.

The indictment alleged the theft of an automobile of the value of over $50 belonging to William Womack.

William Womack testified that he was the owner of a 1963 Ford automobile, 1962 Texas License VE 9598; a white Tudor Galaxie 500 Ford. The automobile disappeared from its carport at the apartment house where he lived during the evening and before 9:30 P.M. on January 29, 1963. He gave neither the appellant nor anyone else permission to take it. The automobile was…