Burton v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Bexar County for theft of property, to wit: One watch of the value of one hundred and thirty-five dollars, and thirty-one dollars and seventy-five cents in money. He was convicted, the following being the verdict: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty' as charged in indictment, and assess his punishment at four years confinement in the State penitentiary.”

There is no statement of facts nor bills of exception contained in, the record. There is but one ground of the motion for new trial, and that is a complaint that the court…