Smith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas No. 2. Tried below before the Hon. C. A. Pippin. Appeal from a conviction of the theft of an automobile; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for the theft of an automobile, with the lowest punishment assessed.
Briefly summarized, the testimony shows that Hr. Hildreth, who lived in Blue Ridge, in Collin County, was in Dallas a short time before June 18th to buy an automobile, and there met appellant and so told him. Mr. O’Rourke’s automobile was stolen from Cycle Park in Dallas about. 9 or 10 o’clock in the night of June 18th. Later that night appellant, with Will O’Leary, reached Mr. Hildreth’s home with Mr. O’Rourke’s car. Appellant knocked on- Mr. Hildreth’s door, called him…
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