Brooks v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft from the person, his punishment being assessed at three years confinement in the penitentiary.

The main contention is that the evidence does not sustain the conviction. Briefly stated, the statement of facts discloses that the alleged injured party Robinson had gone from his home in Houston County, fifteen miles distant, to the town of Palestine, and there became intoxicated. During the evening or rather at night while in this intoxicated condition he was in a saloon. There were negroes in there, and among them a negro who worked on…