Mann v. State

277 S.W.2d 718 (1955)

Paul MANN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27417.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 2, 1955.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1955.

C. S. Farmer, Maddin & Copeland, By C. S. Farmer, Waco, for appellant.

Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Theft is the offense; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

Benedict was employed as a watch maker by the Crowell Jewelry Company in Plainview and, at the time mentioned herein, was in charge of the store.

About 12:30 o'clock on the afternoon of April 23, 1954, appellant, accompanied by his…