Punchard v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

The offense, theft; the punishment, 2 years in the penitentiary.

The state’s evidence shows that one G. C. Kirk was in the men’s furnishing business in the town of Brady and on or about July 9, 1932, he found upon investigation of his store that there were some 10 or 12 suits of clothing and 10 pairs of shoes taken therefrom. He testified that the cash market value of the suits was about $25.00 apiece and of the shoes about five or eight dollars a pair and he did not give anyone permission to take the property. That a day or two after he had missed the clothing he was shown a…