Kogan v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

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

The indictment alleged the theft of money of the United States of America, of the value of over $50, from Bill James.

A similar description of the property alleged to have been stolen was held to be sufficient in Mason v. State, 167 Tex. Cr. Rep. 516, 321 S.W. 2d 591.

Bill James was the evening clerk at the Sunset Lodge in Abilene. M. B. Smith was another employee, and both worked in the office, rented rooms and handled the money which was kept in a cash register on a table back of the counter on registration desk.

James left…