McKnight v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

Bill Riley, the complaining witness, testified that a $950 motor, used for irrigation purposes, was taken without his permission from his farm one night. This motor was found in a building allegedly rented by appellant, and it is this possession of recently stolen property, added to the testimony of an accomplice witness, which the state contends sustains appellant’s conviction.

James Firestone testified that he met appellant in the spring of 1962 while the latter was operating a small garage…