Martin v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Jackson county on a charge of stealing an automobile, and he was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary.

The record discloses that in the latter part of March, 1925, the defendant left his home, in Garvin county, and with one Zack Short went to Vernon, Tex., where he stayed for a few days and then went with Short to Altus, Jackson county. He was without money and unable to procure employment and at Vernon, and also at Altus, stayed with Short, who furnished him. On April 6, a…