Roberts v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for theft of property over the value of S50, punishment being four years in the penitentiary.

What was known as “Clarence Saunders Store No. 2” in Vernon, Texas, was under the care and control of its manager, E. L. Levy. On Tuesday night, October 26, 1925, some one entered the store and stole some merchandise. A few days later officers found in a house occupied by appellant and other parties a quantity of groceries. A list of them was made which consisted of sixty-seven items of merchandise of the aggregate value of $77.09. In the indictment this property was…