Edwards v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Williamson. Tried below before the Honorable F. D. Love. Appeal from a conviction of misdemeanor theft; penalty, a fine of $50 and sixty days imprisonment in the county jail. . The opinion states the case. Cited: Johnson v. State, 60 S. W. Rep., 667.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the County Court of Williamson County of misdemeanor theft, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $50 and sixty days in the county jail.
A car loaded with wheat in sacks, reached Taylor, Texas, April 4, 1921. It was shown in testimony that the seals were then intact upon said car. Next morning the car seals had been broken and not far from said car and under another car a sack of wheat was discovered. It was watched and that night appellant and another negro went to where said sack was and were removing it when they were apprehended. The car of wheat…
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