Steadham v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft by conversion of a hack and harness, alleged to be worth $140, and given five years in the penitetiary; hence this appeal.

The indictment contains two counts,—the first for theft by conversion of the alleged stolen property, and the second for theft charged in the ordinary form. The court submitted only the first count. The evidence discloses that appellant hired from Mendenhall, the alleged owner and keeper of a stock yard in the city of El Paso, the hack and harness described, for one day, paying the sum of one dollar for same. He failed to…