Floyd v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for theft of property under the value of fifty dollars, punishment is assessed at a fine of $100 and thirty days’ confinement in the county jail.

The state’s case was that appellant obtained $10.00 from one Wallace by pretending to sign a check on the Spur National Bank for that amount, but which check in fact was handed to Wallace unsigned and folded. Appellant’s defense was that Wallace had loaned her the $10.00.

Many complaints are directed at the court’s charge- in the motion for new trial. None appear to have been made at the time of trial. Under Art. 658, 1925…