ELLIOTT v. STATE

No. 30072.

317 S.W.2d 532 (1958)

Billy Guy ELLIOTT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Callaway, Brownwood, for appellant.

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


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, two years.

Appellant's confession which was introduced in evidence without objection recited that he bought a 1956 Ford at Odessa and gave in part payment therefor a check in the sum of $200 which he knew to be worthless, that he then drove the 1956 Ford to De Leon, where he traded it on a 1958 Ford and told Mr. Hammit with whom he traded that the 1956 Ford was paid for and that he would...

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