EASLEY v. STATE

No. 30181.

319 S.W.2d 325 (1959)

Bernard EASLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 7, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. H. Fugate, Jr., Kingsville, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for theft, with punishment assessed at three years' confinement in the penitentiary.

The indictment charged the theft of six thousand dollars alleged to be "the corporeal personal property of H. E. Butt from the possession of Burgin Edens who was holding the same for the said H. E. Butt * * *."

It will be noted that the legal effect of such allegation was to charge ownership of the property in both the actual as...

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