Jeskus v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the offense of theft of personal property of over the value of Fifty Dollars, and his punishment was assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

Robert A. Brotherton testified that on November 1, 1952, he parked his delivery truck in front of a cafe in Houston and went into the cafe; that he had two cases of whiskey in his truck — one case of Old Hickory and one case of Seagrams. He further testified that within a short time after he entered the cafe he saw appellant take one of the cases of whiskey out of his truck and place it in his (appellant’s)…