J. L. Sparks v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

— The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of theft over the value of $50.00 and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

The only ground upon which appellant relies for a reversal of this case is that the testimony is insufficient to warrant and sustain the conviction.

The record shows that Guy Douthit, who owned and operated a cotton gin at Lueders, in Jones County, had employed T. C. Newcomb to haul cotton seed from a bin at his gin to Stamford, Texas; that on the 21st day of December, 1934, he (Douthit)…