Wilson v. State

Citations

• 45 Tex. 76

Syllabus

<p>1. Theft — Want of consent. — The want of consent of the owner in - prosecutions for theft may be established by circumstantial evidence.</p> <p>2. Theft of different articles. — The stealing of different articles of property belonging to different persons, at the same time and place, so that the transaction is the same, is but one offense against the State. The accused cannot be convicted on separate indictments charging different parts of one transaction as in each a distinct offense. A conviction on one of the indictments bars a prosecution on the others. '</p>