McWhorter v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of theft by bailee, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of four years.

The facts proven upon the trial are in substance as follows: Mrs. M. S. Guess, formerly Mrs. M. S. Tidwell, was the owner of Mexican Government bonds of the following denominations, to-wit: Four of 500 pesos each and four of 1000 pesos each. About the middle, of April, 1931, the appellant appeared at the home of Mrs. Guess and told her he was selling German bonds and asked her if she would be interested in any. She told him that she was…