Arnwine v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, three years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charged appellant with the theft of 44,520 pounds of milo maize of the total value of $801.36 from Y. L. Wade, the owner.

The state relied upon a false pretext in the giving of a worthless check for the property.

V. L. Wade, the injured party and assistant manager of the Continental Grain Co. of Frisco, Texas, testified that over a period of five years he had sold grain to Bennie Arnwine, the appellant, and that in their dealings appellant would call him over the telephone about…