Ballenger v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This appellant was convicted of the theft of a bale of cotton; the value alleged being above $50, the jury gave the appellant the benefit of a felony conviction.

1. The indictment is attacked. Hnder the authority of Price v. State, 55 Texas Crim. Rep., 157, the indictment seems to sufficiently charge the offense.

2. The State, among other things, introduced evidence indicating the flight of appellant as a criminative circumstance. It was shown in the evidence that the appellant did not report back to his place of work—which was the place where the cotton was stolen—the…