Mangrum v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of burglary in District Court of Hunt County, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

It was the contention of the state that the appellant, together with Homer Horn and Elmer Smith, burglarized a house belonging to and in the possession of Frank Davies, near Quinlan, in Hunt County, Texas, on the night of February 13', 1926, and stole therefrom some automobile casings, rims, tools and an inner tube belonging to the said Davies. The appellant defended upon the ground of an alibi, and testified that at the time when the state…