Franklin v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Galveston County on a charge of theft of property over the value of $50, which was alleged to be the property of, and to have been taken without the consent of, Jno. Eocke, Henry Wilkins and Herman G. Lange. On conviction he was sentenced to a term of five years in the State penitentiary.

1. The facts showed that Henry Wilkins and Herman G. Lange composed the firm of Eocke, Wilkins & Lange, and that at the time of the alleged theft Mr. Eocke was dead. The State relied for conviction, mainly upon the testimony of Alphonzo Manzapanni…