Hellums v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and one day in jail.

The information charges that appellant did fraudulently take one pint bottle partly filled with whisky of the value of fifty cents, the same being the corporeal personal property of an unknown party, from the possession of the said unknown party, without the consent of the said unknown party, etc. Appellant asked the court to give the following charge, which was refused: “The State has charged that the alleged whisky was taken from an unknown person, and in order to convict, the…