Ligon v. State

The conviction is for felony theft by bailee; the punishment, two years.

On January 14, 1960, the appellant signed a rental contract with Hertz Rent-A-Car in El Paso for the use of a thunderbird automobile of the value of more than $5,000 to be there returned January 16, and it was then and there delivered to him. There were no restrictions, oral or written, covering the area of its use. Appellant said he lived in Fort Worth, and gave the number of a certain street as his address which appears on the rental agreement. Without giving any notice, the appellant did not return the car on January…