Case Name: J. Von BROWN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1965-06-26
Citations: 392 S.W.2d 126
Docket Number: No. 38428
Parties: J. Von BROWN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 392
Pages: 126–127

Head Matter:
J. Von BROWN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 38428.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 26, 1965.
James H. Martin, Dallas, for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
Appellant was convicted for theft by false pretext of a Western Union money order of the value of $300 and his punishment was assessed at six years in the penitentiary.
The state does not seek an affirmance of the conviction because there was no proof that appellant received the money order or any of its proceeds.
Article 1413 Vernon's Ann.P.C. relating to theft by false pretext provides, as an element of the offense, that the property obtained by false pretext be appropriated to the use and benefit of the person taking same. Schoenbeck v. State, 163 Tex.Cr.R. 14, 288 S.W.2d 121; McCain v. State, 143 Tex.Cr.R. 521, 158 S.W.2d 796; McCuistion v. State, 143 Tex.Cr.R. 283, 158 S.W.2d 527, 141 A.L.R. 205; 55 Tex.Jur.2d 313, Sec. 31.
The evidence being insufficient to sustain the conviction, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.