Clarence Blake v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is theft; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for four years.

On the 3rd of November, 1934, Will Massey lost a Ford coupe from his garage in Itasca, Texas. Gabe Haby, a witness for the State, testified that about the 15th of November, 1934, appellant delivered said automobile to him in San Antonio, Texas. As appellant’s agent, he sold the car to Otto Sittre for $450. The witness had bought other automobiles from appellant. He testified that he did not know the car had been stolen until the officers investigated the matter. In short, his testimony, if…