Templeton v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is theft of an automobile. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

The record shows that appellant and W. C. Denton were jointly indicted and jointly tried for the offense of theft of an automobile over the value of Fifty Dollars from one Dave Mc-Crohan. Appellant was found guilty of the offense by a jury, but the record fails to disclose what became of Denton.

The evidence adduced by the state briefly stated shows that on the 14th day of June, 1947, Dave McCrohan parked his automobile in front.of a grocery store in…