Watkins v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is theft over $50.00 by false pretext; the punishment, assessed by the jury, 5 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant, in grounds of error ,#2 and #3, challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

The complaining witness, Mrs. Margaret Clark, a 74-year-old widow, testified that on April 6, 1967, the appellant and one David Snyder appeared at her house in Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas, between 9 and 10 a. m. She related that they stated they were representatives of an insurance company (American Retirement)…