Warrick v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is theft of turkeys; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

H. T. Kelly testified that he lost three turkeys on the 23rd of February, 1931. A produce man in Abilene, Texas, testified that he bought some turkeys from appellant and some other negro boys on the morning of February 24, 1931. These turkeys were delivered by this witness to the sheriff of Coleman county and carried to the jail yard in Coleman. Mr. Kelly went to the jail and identified the turkeys as being his property. Appellant testified that he bought the turkeys from a Mexican…