Murray v. State

In the information in this case P. W. Murray was charged with the theft of one four-passenger Cadillac touring ear, the property of one Andrew Tayrien. Upon his trial a verdict of guilty was found and the punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of 15 years. To reverse the judgment he has been permitted to prosecute his appeal as a poor person, but there has been no appearance in his behalf on his appeal, and we have been compelled to examine the record for the errors, if any, upon which this appeal is based.

The evidence is very brief. It shows that the Cadillac car…