Hutchins v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, 3 years.

The indictment charged the theft of one automobile of the value of over $50.

Paul Roppolo, the injured party, testified that on the day in question he parked his 1958 Chevrolet automobile on Throck-morton street in the city of Dallas around 12:05 P.M. and that when he returned ten minutes later it was gone; that he next saw the automobile at the City Pound that evening around 7:80 P.M. in a damaged condition which cost $925 to repair. He further testified that the automobile was worth $2,000 at the time it was taken and…