Yonko v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for theft of property over the value of fifty dollars; the punishment, two years.

The record reflects that a total of two hundred fifty dollars was stolen from a purse in the home of A. S. and Bertie Parker, both of whom were eighty years of age.

The sole contention of the appellant is “ * * * the State failed to prove the element of taking, an essential element to the offense of theft.”

The record reflects that a daughter of Laura Yonko, the appellant, went into the . Parker home and asked Bertie Parker for some hot water and sugar to treat a sick baby.…