Ex Parte Seaton

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A. C.C.P.

Barbara Seaton was convicted of theft of a credit card for an act committed on November 28, 1973. Article 1555c of our former Penal Code provided:

“A person who takes a credit card from the person, possession, custody, or control of another without the cardholder’s consent ... is guilty of credit card theft.”

The same article defines “cardholder” as: “[T]he person or organization named on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued.” The…