Legal Opinion

Rundell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 8, 1920No. 5906PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris- Tried below before the Honorable C. W. Robinson. Appeal from a conviction of theft of a check for $1,000, under false pretext and with fraudulent intent to appropriate the same; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.

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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris- Tried below before the Honorable C. W. Robinson. Appeal from a conviction of theft of a check for $1,000, under false pretext and with fraudulent intent to appropriate the same; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of other offenses: Haley v. State, 209 S. W. Rep., 675; Sine v. State, 215 id., 967; Moore v. State, 203 id., 767; Lawrence v. State, 219 id., 460; Bink v. State, 48 Texas Crim Rep., 599; Denton v. State, 42 id., 429; Johnson v. State, 50 id., 118; Clark v. State, 59 id.,…

1Opinion of the Court

Appellant was convicted of felony theft in the Criminal District Court of Harris County and her punishment fixed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.

The indictment in this case was in the ordinary form for a felony theft, it being charged therein that appellant took from Dora Wilson a check of the value of one thousand dollars with intent to deprive said Wilson and to appropriate same to her own benefit. The facts show that about September 18, 1919, appellant, in Houston, Texas, represented to Dora Wilson that she, appellant, had a secret connection with an oil driller in the Burk…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
  2. Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. Burton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. People v. AshleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Sherman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. Deblanc v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. De Blanc v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  5. Contreras v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931

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