CRYE v. STATE

No. 37727.

391 S.W.2d 57 (1965)

M. D. CRYE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farmer, Maddin, Eichelberger and Walker by C. S. Farmer, Waco (on appeal only), for appellant.

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


BELCHER, Commissioner.

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

The evidence reveals that the construction of a dam for a lake made it necessary for a railroad company maintaining tracks within the area to abandon and re-locate a portion of its tracks, including a four span bridge.

While testifying, George Shillings identified the appellant as the person who engaged him to haul some steel beams from a railroad bridge, and stated...

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