Baker v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is theft of a saddle of the value of $159.00. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant’s first contention is that the court erred in declining to sustain his motion for an instruction to the jury to return a verdict of not guilty.

The record shows that C. A. Cogburn owned a farm located about three miles from San Angelo; that E. E. Booth was in charge of and had control and management thereof; that Mr. Cogburn came out to visit the farm once in a while; that on the night of March 3, 1946, the saddle house…