Morman v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The indictment under which appellant was tried charged the offense of theft of property over the value of fifty dollars, and contained averments showing a previous conviction of an offense of like character. Because of repetition of offenses, the penalty assessed was imprisonment in the penitentiary for ten years.

On the 3rd of August, 1933, an automobile was stolen from H. F. Broughton in the city of Houston. The car was discovered in a garage in Houston where, according to the testimony of the State, appellant had placed it. The proof on the part of the State was to the…