Villarreal v. State

WOODLEY,' Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft of an automobile; the punishment, 2 years.

The evidence reveals that a 1955 Plymouth automobile of the value of more than $5(Lwas taken from the place in Weslaco where it had been parked by its owner, without his knowledge or consent. It was found during the same night in a canal some mile and a half away, water soaked and with the windshield, back glass and all of the side glasses broken out.

Appellant, age 21, Alfonso Abeldano, age 19, and David Yarrito, age 16, were apprehended and charged with theft of the automobile.

*892Alfonso, who had…