Hill v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, 3 years.

Appellant stands convicted for the theft of $200 in money, which he obtained on *382February 16, 1959, from the People’s National Bank upon executing a note for that amount.

Prosecution was upon an indictment in the ordinary form for felony theft, but the state relied upon Art. 1413, P.C.

The state contends that appellant obtained possession of the money and Mr. Janeway, Vice President of the bank, was induced to surrender possession of it by false pretext theretofore made in the execution of a chattel mortgage on cattle…