Jaso v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was charged with theft from the person and assessed a penalty of two years in the penitentiary.

The State relies upon circumstantial evidence for the conviction and it is our conclusion from the facts of the case that these circumstances are insufficient and amount to no more than a mere suspicion of guilt.

Hattie Kibbetts, a colored woman, sometimes known as Hattie Williams, was in the cafe business in the town of Brackettville. On January 25, 1942, she had a wedding at her establishment and business seems to have been beyond what she had expected. During the night…