Dewberry v. Brookshire Bros. No. 1

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is a false imprisonment case involving the admission of a municipal court conviction into evidence.

Harold L. Dewberry was a route salesman for a bakery in Lufkin, Texas. While making a delivery to Brookshire Brothers # 1 store, he was detained by employees of the store and at the request of Brookshire Brothers’ employees, arrested by the Luf-kin Police for theft of a $.51 carton of chocolate milk. Mr. Dewberry admitted drinking the milk, but claimed he had paid for it by leaving the money on a cash register. A trial was subsequently conducted in Lufkin Municipal…