Neal v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for misdemeanor theft, punishment assessed at a fine of five dollars and five days in jail.

The case is submitted on the sole proposition that the evidence does not support the conviction. Appellant’s contention must be sustained.

A detective saw appellant and another negro woman enter Seman’s store in San Antonio. The officer watched the two women through a show window. They went to the back of the store and looked at various articles of merchandise. The other woman was seen to take a pair of ladies pajamas off a rack and place them under her coat. The officer says…