Tice v. State

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, seven years.

The indictment charged the theft of $11,-000 in money from one Manuel Ruiz. '

It was the state’s contention, supported by the evidence, that appellant obtained the money by. means of a false pretext, and, upon such theory, the issue of his guilt was submitted to the jury by the court in his charge.

The injured party, Manuel Ruiz, testified that he owned and operated the Ideal Tortilla Factory in the city of El Paso and that in the year 1963 he had some construction work done on a building by the Karam…