
    GREENWOOD v. STATE.
    (No. 3483.)
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    March 24, 1915.)
    Criminal Law <§=>84 — Classes of Offenses —“Misdemeanor”—Jurisdiction.
    Under an act of the Legislature, the theft of an automobile is a misdemeanor not triable in the district court.
    [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 115-124; Dec. Dig. <§=> 84.]
    
      Appeal from Criminal District Court, Dallas County; Robt. B. Seay, Judge.
    Allen Greenwood was convicted of theft of an automobile, and he appeals.
    Reversed and remanded.
    Newton P. Morrison and W. E. Bane, both of Dallas, for appellant. C. C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
   DAVIDSON, J.

Appellant was convicted of theft of an automobile, his punishment being assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

Under the act of the Legislature the theft of an automobile is a misdemeanor, and not triable in the district court. Under the recent case of Sparks v. Stat§, 174 S. W. 351, this case will be reversed, and the cause remanded. 
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