Williams v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction in District Court of Stephens County of felony theft, punishment five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was charged with the theft of a lot of household goods,belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Peeks. They lived in Breckenridge, Texas, and about the 15th of June, 1925, locked up their house and went to the oil fields. Upon their return some weeks later they claim that their house had been broken and entered and a stove, a bedstead and springs, a mattress, a mirror, a trunk and contents along with some other articles had disappeared. The proof seems to connect appellant…