Casa v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for burglary of a private residence; punishment, thirty-five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant, a Mexican, was not represented by counsel upon his trial, and there are no bills of exception in the record. The only question raised in the sufficiency of the testimony.

A Mr. Schlief testified that he occupied a private residence with his wife and family, one member of which was his daughter, a young woman twenty-three years of age. On the night in question, and some time after midnight apparently, the family was aroused by screams from the young lady. Investigation…