Case Name: Claude Murphy v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1931-11-25
Citations: 119 Tex. Crim. 632
Docket Number: No. 14-551
Parties: Claude Murphy v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 632–633

Head Matter:
Claude Murphy v. The State.
No. 14-551.
Delivered November 25, 1931.
Rehearing Denied February 17, 1932.
The opinion states the case.
Ashworth, Crisp & Ashworth, of Kaufman, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The offense is theft; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for four years.
The stolen property consisted of four sets of harness. The injured party testified that the value of the harness was $63.90. He qualified as to knowledge of the value. There was an extended cross-examination of the witness, upon which is based the contention that the evidence did not prove the value of the stolen property to exceed $50, and that the court should not have instructed the jury upon felony theft.
The testimony is quite sufficient to sustain the action of the court and to support the verdict of the jury.
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.