Windham v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the theft of $6,470 in money; the punishment, two years.

S. C. Herring mailed from Abilene, Texas, to Sam Windham a $6,470 check in payment for cattle and addressed the envelope containing the check to Sam Windham, Byrd, Texas. The letter was misdirected and was received by the U.S. Post Office in Baird, Texas, where the address was changed by running an ink line through Byrd.

Sam Windham testified that he sold S. C. Herring of Abilene some cattle for $6,470, and that he did not authorize the appellant, his second cousin, to endorse and cash any check from…