Pullen v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The indictment under which appellant was tried and convicted charges the offense of theft of property over the value of fifty dollars, and contains averments showing that he has been previously convicted of two felonies less than capital. Because of repetition of offenses, the penalty assessed was confinement in the penitentiary for life.

H. P. Lichte owned an automabile which he had parked on a street in the city of Cleburne on the 10th of November, 1934. Someone stole the car about 3 p. m. A witness for the State testified that appellant drove an automobile bearing the…