Bacon v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge. —

The offense is theft of property under the value of fifty dollars; the punishment, confinement in jail for sixty days.

H. F. Holley owned some farm implements, the market value of which he placed at more than fifty dollars. According to the testimony of the State, appellant and Jinks Upchurch took said property from the possession of Mr. Holley without his consent. Testifying for the State, Upchurch said that appellant paid him a dollar for removing the property. Further, the witness said: “G. L. Bacon (appellant) knew that iron wasn’t mine. I told him that it belonged to…