Ward v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, two years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The evidence reflects that a house, located at 11118 Jutland, in Houston, Harris County, Texas, was broken into and entered on August IS, 1963, without permission of witness Cecil Cooper, who was in lawful custody of such property. A Tappan oven-stove combination, valued at about $150, was removed from these premises.

The written statement of appellant was introduced into evidence, in which he admitted his participation in the theft. He also admitted receiving a…