Seebold v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the theft of an automobile, and his punishment assessed at three years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

William Tucker, who was the station agent for the T. & P. Railroad at Mingus, in Palo Pinto County, left his automobile near the station on the night of June 9, 1919, and discovered his loss about 11:45 o’clock the same night. Immediately upon discovering that the car was gone he sent various messages to the surrounding towns, and especially, one to Millsap, in Parker County, about thirty miles east of Mingus, describing the car with minuteness; the…