Palmer v. State

Krueger, Judge.

The offense is theft of property over the value of $50.00; the punishment assessed is confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of two years.

It appears from the record that Mr. G. A. Couch, who was engaged in the sale of electrical appliances in Texarkana, employed the appellant about the 1st day of June, 1937, as sales manager of his business at a salary of $150 per month, plus 2 per cent, on sale of major appliances.

On the night of August 24, appellant entered the store of Mr. Couch, took $35 from the cash register, $220.45 from the safe, and disappeared. He was later…