Mitchell v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of theft by bailee, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that the appellant and one J. H. Hill rented a Ford automobile from the prosecuting witness, Goettinger, in the city of Dallas, on the 23rd day of‘June, 1925; and that after the delivery of said automobile to them by the prosecuting witness, they were joined by two other companions and all four then drove away in the car. The car was afterward located by the officers in the city of Houston. The appellant took the stand and admitted renting the…