DEEM v. STATE

No. 30087.

318 S.W.2d 649 (1958)

Phillip M. DEEM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 12, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin & Shown, Houston, for appellant.

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


WOODLEY, Judge.

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

The indictment alleged the theft of six suits of clothes of the value of $160 each from Ray R. Elliott who, the evidence shows, was general manager of Sakowitz Brothers and as such had the care, control, custody and management of all of the merchandise they had for sale.

Appellant was a salesman employed by Sakowitz Brothers.

The State elected to prosecute for the theft...

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