Hampton v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is theft of an antomobile. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years.

It was averred in the indictment that on April 2, 1935, appellant had been convicted in the Criminal District Court Number 2 of Dallas County in Cause No. 6307 of a felony of like character, to-wit: Theft of property over the value of $50. Upon the trial of this case the judgment of conviction in cause number 6307 was offered in evidence and appellant identified as the same person convicted in said cause.

Appellant’s first contention is that the trial…