Gonzales v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., by reason of two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

The state’s evidence shows that the Big Bonus Stamp Company maintained a warehouse in the 1500 block of Gentry Street in the city of Houston. On Friday before Labor Day in 1962, Willie Landolt, a company foreman closed the warehouse around 4:30 o’clock, p. m. At such time, Landolt checked the alarm system and ascertained that the warehouse was closed.

On September 3, 1962, being Labor Day, the witness…