Randall v. State

Appellant was convicted of the theft of an automobile, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of five years.

The record shows that on the night of July 6, 1934, a car belonging to Will Moody, while parked on the streets of Mineola, was taken by a man who was subsequently identified as the appellant. The following day appellant and another man were found at Gladewater occupying the stolen car. When the officers observed the car and undertook to arrest appellant and his companion, they noticed that there were two shotguns in the rear seat of the car;…