Pitts v. State

Citations

• 5 Tex. Ct. App. 122

Syllabus

<p>1. Theft. — If the owner of personal property be induced, by false representations, to part with the possession of it, but not with his title, and the wrong-doer appropriates the property without the consent of the owner, the offence is theft.</p> <p>2. Swindling.—But if the title to such property be acquired from the owner by false representations, the offence is not theft, but swindling. See the opinion in extenso for this distinction between theft and swindling, and for facts illustrative of it</p>