Rosa v. State

MORROW, Judge.

—The appellant is condemned to confinement in the penitentiary for five years for the offense of theft from the person.

While Keene, the injured party, was in a place of amusement, someone attempted to extract from his hip-pocket his purse containing some money. The transaction occurred in the aisle while Keene, with some companions, was going to a seat. They had been standing awaiting the movement of the crowd, and as they started forward Keene felt a twitching in his hip-pocket, and on this occurring a second time he seized appellant’s hand, which at the time, according to the…