Hadley v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for theft of a man’s suit of the value in excess of $50; the punishment, four years in the penitentiary.

The state’s testimony shows that appellant was found in the possession of a suit of clothes which had been recently stolen from Joske’s in San Antonio. The circumstances abundantly *572authorize the conclusion that appellant was a “shoplifter” and that she acquired the suit by theft.

When the jury was ready to report, appellant was not in the courtroom and could not be found. The trial court received the verdict of the jury in her absence.

It is insisted that…