Stapleton v. State

HAWKINS, Judge. —

Appellant was convicted of theft by conversion of a Ford automobile, his punishment being assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was negotiating with a motor company at Rising Star for the purchase of a used Chevrolet automobile. He informed the salesman for the company that a party in the oil field near there owed appellant some money which, if he could collect, would enable him to buy the car. The salesman went with appellant over the oil field but failed to find the man for whom appellant was apparently seeking. When they returned to Rising Star appellant…