HENDERSON v. STATE

No. 27985.

289 S.W.2d 274 (1956)

Louis Oliver HENDERSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 22, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Gabriel Nahas, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady and Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of felony theft, with a prior conviction for an offense of like character alleged to enhance the punishment, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.

The indictment charged the theft of one shotgun of the value of $88.65 from Robert H. Hampton, on or about the 24th day of November, 1953. Hampton, who was the owner and operator of a retail store in the City of Houston, testified...

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