Stepp v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Burnet. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn. The conviction in this case was for the theft of a watch, of value exceeding $20, and the penalty assessed by the verdict was a term of two years in the penitentiary. For all practical purposes of this report, the opinion of the court sufficiently discloses the evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of theft of a watch, and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals.
It appears that on the 25th of June, 1891, Miss Arnett lost a watch at the depot at Bertram, but did not miss it until she was on the train; and they searched the train, but could not find it. It was the property of Miss Wilson, of the same place, who had loaned it to Miss Arnett. Defendant was at the depot on the night it was lost. A few days after, defendant suggested to a witness the propriety of offering a reward for it. On the 24th of October…
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