Yarbrough v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of theft, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

There is but one serious question in the case—the sufficiency of the evidence. It is a case of circumstantial evidence and the rule of law is in that character of case, each fact necessary to establish guilt must be proven, and the facts and circumstances not only consistent with his guilt, but inconsistent with any other reasonable hypothesis. In this case the facts show that Will Thomas had his money stolen. He went into a tailor shop, pulled out his purse…