PRIEST v. STATE

No. 27676.

284 S.W.2d 148 (1955)

Margaret PRIEST, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Martin, Robert C. Benavides, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., James K. Allen, Asst. Dist. Atty., William F. Alexander, Asst. Dist. Atty., George P. Blackburn, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is theft from the person; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The prosecution grows out of the loss of $46 in currency by the injured party on an occasion when he was visiting in the City of Dallas.

The injured party testified that he arrived in Dallas from Oklahoma about 7:30 P.M. on the day in question; that after he had paid for a room at the Y. M. C. A., he had $46 in currency in his wallet which he had...

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