Holloway v. State

McDonald, judge.

The offense is theft of property over the value of $50; the punishment, two years in the state penitentiary.

The state’s evidence shows that on February 20, 1960, the appellant purchased a tractor from Bruce Evans, an employee of Snyder Truck & Tractor Co., for an agreed price of $300, which was its market value. He paid for it with a check in that amount, which he signed in the presence of the witness, Bruce Evans, on that date, and the appellant picked up the tractor. The check was returned unpaid by the drawee bank and although notice of such non-payment was given to…