Bride v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

—Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Nacogdoches County, of felony theft, and his punishment fixed at six years in the penitentiary.

The indictment alleged D. L. Thomas to be the owner of the stolen goods, and the proof showed that he was a drummer traveling through the county in an automobile, selling tobaccos; and that he had on the back of his ear a sort of a box or receptacle in which he carried samples of his wares. On the night in question, Thomas parked his car near the Elks’ Club, in the town of Nacogdoches, and when he came after it later, he found it…