Talmadge v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

—Conviction is for theft; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

The property taken was oil well casing. It was situated near the village of Caddo at a well known as Cary No. 2, and Osterman was the owner.

Appellant engaged the owners of a number of trucks to haul the property. One of the persons so engaged informed the sheriff of the enterprise and he disguised himself as a laborer and aceompained the party upon one of the trucks, .and after the possession of the property was obtained, he arrested the appellant.

Appellant testified…