Martin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
GRAVES, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the offense of conversion by bailee and sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary.
The facts show a drunken condition of Johnson, the complaining witness, who seemed to have fallen asleep in his drunken slumber on a public road in Tom Green County. In the meantime, appellant, two men companions and a woman seemed to be touring that end of the state at nighttime, and they also were drinking, having consumed from eight to ten pints of whisky during their trip on the night of the alleged offense. The complaining witness, evidently recognizing his…
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