Hawkins v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted under an information and complaint charging him with theft and his punishment assessed at confinement in the county jail for thirty days.

The information alleges that appellant did unlawfully and fraudulently take from the possession of J. F. Boatman one slicker of the value of $3.50, the same being the corporeal personal property of and belonging to said Boatman, without his consent, and with the intent to deprive him of the value thereof, and to “apprpriate” the said property to his own use and benefit.

The only question presented on appeal is…