Sherman v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is theft by false pretext; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for six years.

The testimony of Mary L. Shepherd, the injured party, was, in substance, as follows: On October 8, 1931, appellant came to her home and told her that he was an investment broker and represented Corporate Trust Shares, a very large financial institution, and that he was president of a brokerage concern in Fort Worth. Appellant stated to her that he had learned from her banker that she owned a note for $1,000, which she had been *275unable to collect, and which apparently was…