Cameron v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, two years.

Prosecution was upon an indictment for ordinary theft which charged that on or about the 24th day of September, 1964, the appellant did unlawfully and fraudulently take money of the United States of America of over the value of $50 from one Charles J. Hedlund.

It was shown by the state’s evidence that in December, 1963, the appellant received as a gift from a woman in San Antonio two Cabochon emerald cuff links which had been specially cut and mounted by Julius Cohen, a jeweler in New York City. The two cuff links…