Hughes v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for theft of property over the value of $50, punishment being two years in the penitentiary.

The property alleged to have been stolen belonged to R. A. Brown. The evidence shows that Brown and one Martha Haft had been engaged in periodic escapades which usually resulted in them spending the night together in some tourist camp in Waco. On the night of' January 29, 1930, he and the young woman went in Brown’s car to the La Vega Tourist Camp, got a room, and went to bed. Brown had a purse containing $35 in money, a watch and a pistol. He put the purse under the…