Massey v. State

266 S.W.2d 880 (1954)

MASSEY

v.

STATE.

No. 26790.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 10, 1954.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1954.

Fred Whitaker, L. P. Caston, Carthage, for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment enhanced by prior convictions having been fixed by the court at life imprisonment. Art. 63, P.C.

J. T. Massey, the alleged injured party, operated the Massey Feed and Supply Company in Center, Texas, and the indictment alleged the theft of some 175 bags of poultry feed and 24 water troughs and…