WILLIS v. STATE

No. 27136.

272 S.W.2d 351 (1954)

Porter James WILLIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 10, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. F. Steger, Columbus, for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

This is a conviction for the theft of a $30 radio, with punishment assessed at a fine of $500 and two years in jail.

On the morning of May 7, 1954, Koerth, an employee in the store of Henry Sanders, was engaged in waiting upon a customer, Harvey Albers. In the store at the time were four Negro women and a Negro man, two of whom asked Koerth to show them some used refrigerators. The other members in the group were "roaming the store...

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