Torres v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is shoplifting (Art. 1436e Vernon’s Ann.P.C.); the punishment, 3 months in jail and a fine of $300.

The complaint and information alleged that the appellant, “while in a retail business establishment, to-wit: J. C. Penney Company, did then and there remove from its place a half slip, of the value of $3.98, that was displayed for sale with the intent to fraudulently take and to deprive the owner, to-wit: Paul Hathaway, of the value of the same and to appropriate the same to the use and benefit of the said Trinidad Torres.”

The complaint and information are…