Britain v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft from the person and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The facts show that appellant was running a “Frosty Joint.” He seems to have had a competitor in the Frosty Joint business, and also another one of the witnesses for the State was running a prescription saloon. Of course, this means that all of the concerns were doing business in a local option territory. The facts indicate that there was rivalry between them on account of competition of these joints and the prescription .house. A witness by the…