Enright v. State

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The offense is theft by bailee in violation of Article 1429, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.; the punishment, five (5) years probated.

Appellant contends that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the jury verdict. We agree.

Appellant, J. J. Enright, was the general manager of Texas Motor Exchange, Inc., a corporation doing business in Houston. On or about May 2, 1972, B. J. Waddell entered into an agreement by telephone with Don Laviolette, service manager of Texas Motor Exchange, to have the motor in his son’s 1969 Ford Mustang automobile partially rebuilt. Later that same…