Tawater v. State

OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. by reason of two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

Appellant was employed by the prosecuting witness as a handyman and lived on the premises in a trailer house. In his employment appellant was furnished a truck and some cooking utensils.

The prosecuting witness, who was a railroad engineer, left home on a Sunday night and returned the following Friday. Upon his return he noticed that his truck was gone and certain property was missing from his…