Johnson v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction for a like offense, 10 years.

The indictment alleged that appellant took $84.00 current money of the United States from the possession of C. A. Per-ricone without his consent.

Detectives C. A. Perricone and E. T. Carter, of the Beaumont Police Department, were assigned to investigate complaints. concerning a termite extermination business operated by appellant.

Acting together, they had two other extermination companies inspect the home of Perricone, both of whom concluded that the house had no active…