Carroll v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is theft by false pretext; the punishment, four years.

Mary Wilde, a long-time patient at a San Angelo hospital, testified that the appellant came to her room in the hospital and told her that her brother had made a contribution for the installation of new windows at the Catholic church near her home in Ballinger and suggested that the appellant see her to secure a further contribution. She testified that she signed a check payable to the appellant and which the appellant had prepared in the sum of $500.00 for the purpose indicated in the appellant’s…