Hays v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

— Conviction is for the theft of an automobile, punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for three years.

Jack Morehouse, the owner of the car in question, was deputy supervisor of the Oil and Gas Division of the State Railroad Commission and had in his custody and control for his personal use as such supervisor a practically new “Ford Roadster” automobile. It was stolen from the street in Breekenridge on the 10th day of September, 1922. About a month later it was found in the possession of appellant. It was positively identified by Morehouse in various ways, which…