Lyles v. State

Appellant was convicted in the criminal district court of Harris county of the offense of theft, and his punishment fixed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

[1] Appellant was charged in the instant case with theft of certain property belonging to one Wehrung. It was shown that a storehouse managed by Mr. Wehrung was burglarized and certain automobile accessories stolen therefrom.. None of the stolen property was traced to the possession of appellant, nor does any one testify to any fact showing him guilty save that his own written confession made in conformity with the requisites…