Berry v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of McLennan County, of the theft of property of the value of more than $50, and his punishment fixed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

One D. L. Jamison, owned and lost a 1919 model Ford car, of sufficient value to make its theft a felony. When taken, it was parked on a street in the City of Waco, and its loss occurred about July 7, 1919. On said car at the time, was an oversized steering wheel, with many odd marks, which made it easy of identification. Ford dealers who examined it, testified that they had never seen a…