Edwards v. State

286 S.W.2d 157 (1955)

Claude H. EDWARDS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27836.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 30, 1955.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1956.

Bryan Wingo, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Sam L. Jones, Jr., Dist. Atty., George Shaffer, Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, 2 years.

According to the testimony of the appellant's co-principal and the appellant's confession, the body of Mrs. Mary Rose was brought to the funeral home where…