Rives v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

The offense is theft; a misdemeanor; penalty assessed at confinement in the county jail for thirty days.

There is evidence supporting the State’s theory that 110 cedar posts, each of the value of ten cents, were stolen from the premises of L. 0. Gresham, the injured party; that there was a conspiracy between Ray Gártrell and the appellant to steal the posts; that appellant agreed to aid in disposing of them and in dividing the proceeds therefrom. The evidence, if believed by the jury, is deemed such as to bring the appellant within the purview of the law of theft.…