Kauffman v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Taylor County at the August term of 1907, for the theft of a diamond ring, of the value of $40, same being the property of Mrs. J. B. Bowie, alleged to have been taken from her without her consent. The case was tried in the county court of the aforesaid county, and resulted in a conviction, appellant’s punishment being assessed at six months confinement in the county jail.

It is contended that the conviction should be set aside for the reason that the ownership of the ring in question was wrongly laid in Mrs. Bowie, and that the…