White v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is theft of seed cotton of the value of $35; the punishment, a fine of $50 and thirty days confinement in jail.

J. G. Holloway lost approximately $35 worth of seed cotton out of his wagon. An accomplice witness testified to going with appellant to the wagon and stealing the seed cotton. The State offered in evidence appellant’s written confession, wherein he admitted his guilt. Testifying in his own behalf, appellant denied any participation in the theft of the seed cotton and declared that the officers induced him to make the confssion. He testifid that the…