Short v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was- convicted of the offense of tapping a gasoline pipe line, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of one year.

The record shows that Smith Brothers owned and operated a gasoline plant and pipe line in Wheeler County, Texas, of which L. S. Humphreys had the possession, control, and management; that said pipe line was tapped without his consent. On the night of March 9, 1936, appellant and his companion were caught tapping said pipe line and withdrawing gasoline therefrom. The officers, who suspected appellant and his…