Coleman, Alias v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is theft, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

According to the state’s testimony Showalter, in company with Berry, went into a portion of the city of Houston, where a number of negroes lived. Showalter was endeavoring to find the place of residence of a former servant named Josephine Kittrell. He had been in the neighborhood before, but in the meantime changes had been made and he entered a house by mistake. Several women were in the house. Showalter asked for information as to the residence of Josephine Kittrell.…