BELL v. STATE

No. 37313.

384 S.W.2d 139 (1964)

Melvin Tallman BELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 25, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim C. Curry, Fort Worth (On Appeal Only), for appellant.

Doug Crouch, Dist. Atty., R. J. Adcock, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, six years.

The testimony of the state reveals that when the brother of the owner of a fruit and vegetable business saw the appellant remove some money from the cash register, the brother said: "Hey," and the appellant, holding the money in his hand, ran across the street, with the owner and his brother in pursuit. The appellant then ran into one end of a corridor in a building, which...

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