Young v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for theft of a watch. Appellant was a witness in his own behalf, and testified that Ousley, the owner of the watch, was indebted to him in the sum of $8.50 for labor, and that he would not pay him; that he went to the house of said Ousley; that there was no person at home, except a woman washing in the back yard; that he entered the house, saw the watch, picked it up, and walked out into the yard, held the watch up, and hallooed to the negro woman, and told her that he had Ousley’s watch, and that he had taken it because Ousley would not pay…