Banks v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was charged with the theft of several cords of wood valued at $14. Upon trial he was convicted, his punishment being assessed at a fine of $50 and ten days confinement in the county jail.

We are of opinion that the insistence of appellant that the evidence is not sufficient to support the conviction is correct. The alleged owner, Sakewitz, testified that he was the owner of a wood lot ten miles south of Manor, in Travis County, lying between two public roads; that some time in January, 1908, appellant cut for witness from said wood lot three cords of wood,…