Walker v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

From a conviction in the District Court of Williamson County on a charge of theft by false pretext, with a punishment of seven years in the penitentiary, this appeal is taken.

The appellant, under the name of Wallace, acting in conjunction with L. B. Grant, who was going by the name of Wilson, came into Williamson County and contacted Paul Andres, who was in the meat market business and who lived in the town of Walburg. The pretended purpose for which the appellant wished to engage the prosecuting witness was to assist him in getting up a block of leases for a millionaire…