WINDHAM v. STATE

No. 31512.

335 S.W.2d 219 (1960)

Tommy Samuel WINDHAM Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scarborough, Black & Tarpley, by James K. Graham, Abilene, for appellant.

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


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the theft of $6,470 in money; the punishment, two years.

S. C. Herring mailed from Abilene, Texas, to Sam Windham a $6,470 check in payment for cattle, and addressed the envelope containing the check to Sam Windham, Byrd, Texas. The letter was misdirected and was received by the U. S. Post Office in Baird, Texas, where the address was changed by running an ink line through Byrd.

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