Smith v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The conviction is for theft of property over the value of $50; the punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

The record before us discloses that on the night of September 10, 1938, a dance was in progress at Dan Pegues’ Dance Hall in Wood County. Sometime during the night and while the dance was in progress, someone stole J. M. Boswell’s automobile. He notified Mr. Pegues, who notified Mr. Taylor, the constable of that precinct, of the theft. Mr. Pegues also informed the officer that appellant and Freeman Sparks were missing from the…