DeHAM v. STATE

No. 37626.

389 S.W.2d 955 (1965)

Leonard DeHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 1965.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied May 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baldwin & Goodwin, by Joe B. Goodwin (on appeal only), Beaumont, for appellant.

W. C. Lindsey, Dist. Atty., Jim Vollers, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is theft by false pretext; the punishment, five years.

The witness Jacobs and his wife testified that they bought a used Ford from appellant, that it was repossessed on the day the first payment was due according to the contract, that they went to Attorney Carriker for advice, that he telephoned appellant and that pursuant to Carriker's instructions they secured merchant money orders...

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