Amos v. State

331 S.W.2d 225 (1960)

Charles August AMOS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 31202.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 6, 1960.

Joe Shannon, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Doug Crouch, Dist. Atty., John A. Brady and Weldon Bradley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is misdemeanor theft; the punishment, thirty days in jail.

The state's evidence shows that appellant stole nine pairs of women's hose from a supermarket.

Appellant did not testify or offer any evidence in his own behalf except a…