Rice v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for theft; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

This conviction was for the theft of fifteen joints of pipe which were taken from a rack near a well in Shackelford County on the night of March 11, 1935. The alleged owner Mr. Knight testified that he was at the well on Monday, March 11th, until about noon and that the pipe in question was there at that time. On Wednesday he went out to the well and observed that said pipe was missing. Shortly thereafter the pipe was located in Big Spring, Texas, where it was identified by Mr. Knight and his partner, Mr. Ewing,…