Middleton v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction, under Section 1 of Article 1436b, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., for theft of mercury from the meter of a gas pipeline. The punishment was assessed by the jury at three years.

The record reflects that on or about October 21, 1970, mercury was removed from gas pipe-line meters belonging to the Humble Oil & Refining Company. These meters were located on the Hawkins oil field of Wood County. One Brady Standford was employed as a “lease gas gager” for Humble Oil & Refining Company on the Hawkins field, and he testified that he was the person who…