Christy v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

The conviction is for theft; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

On the 30th of March, 1933, an automobile of the value of $100.00, belonging to R. A. Sawyer, was stolen in the town of Marshall. On the date mentioned officers found appellant and A. E. Ogden in possession of the car at McNutt’s Wrecking Yard near the city of Longview. The discovery was made at ten o’clock at night. Appellant was under the automobile working on it, while Ogden was standing nearby. The number plates belonging to the car had been removed. The officers…