Hammond and Thomason v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is theft from, the person by taking of property so suddenly as not to allow time to make resistance; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

J. D. McCreless, the injured party, is a white man and appellants are negro women. McCreless had gone into the negro section of Big Spring in an effort to sell chickens. Touching the alleged theft of his money, he testified, in substance, as follows: He stopped his car in front of the house occupied by appellants. One of the appellants stated to him that they wanted to buy some chickens, and asked him to…