Jordan v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

—The conviction is for theft; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

A plea of guilty was entered and so was an application for the suspension of the sentence of the appellant.

The appellant was a youth about eighteen years of age. The evidence shows, without controversy, that he took possession of a motorcycle without the consent of the owner and is sufficient to show that it was done fraudulently with the intent to deprive the owner of its value. He testified that he had no intent to appropriate it but wanted to use it in order…