Keonio v. State

Citations

• 4 Tex. Ct. App. 173

Syllabus

<p>Theft — Charge of the Court. — Accused asked instructions for acquittal if he obtained possession of the property with the owner’s consent and without any false pretext. Held, correctly refused. Under article 748 of the Penal Code, though the accused obtained the possession with the owner’s consent and without false pretext, yet if he did so with intent to deprive the owner of the value of the property, and to appropriate the same to his own use, and subsequently did appropriate it to his own use, the offense of theft was complete.</p>