MacKenna v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, eight years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

The state’s testimony shows that the injured party, Squire Haskins, was a commercial photographer in the city of Dallas. On the afternoon of October 18, 1955 between the hours of 2:00 and 5:00 o’clock, Haskins parked his automobile near his office at Fair Park. At such time he left in the automobile one of his cameras and a leather case which had an aggregate value of approximately $250. Later, around 10:00 o’clock Haskins drove away in the automobile and on the following morning…