Brewer v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of theft by bailee under Article 1429, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. The court assessed the punishment at ten years.

The indictment (omitting the formal parts) alleged:

“ . . . that on or about the 29th day of June, A.D. 1970, and anterior to the presentment of this indictment, in the County and State aforesaid, J. D. Brewer having possession of one (1) electric typewriter, of the aggregate value of more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), then and there the property of Hubert Russell, by virtue of his contract of rental with the said…