Hilcher v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.'

Appellant was convicted of theft of a hat, the appeal being from the County Court.

The State’s case, in brief, is that appellant and other boys were working 'about the Hermleigh school building, and the alleged owner of the hat, Macklin, was also working there; that the owner of the hat, after reaching the building to go to work, took off his hat and put on a hat that he was accustomed to- wearing while painting. Appellant and some other boys were working around the building assisting in some concrete work. The hoys quit work about 5 or 5:30. The painters continued…