Hermosillo v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is theft of an automobile; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

On the night of July 6, 1931, J. G. Welker placed his automobile in his garage at his home in the city of El Paso. When he went to his garage at 7:30 o’clock the next morning the car was gone. The police department, upon being advised of the theft of the car, instituted a search. At about 11:30 a. m. on July 7th Mr. Welker found his car about four blocks from his home on a street in the city of El Paso. The tires and rims were gone, one of the glasses was broken, one of the…