Brown v. State

Christian, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty and filed his application for a suspended sentence. The proof on the part of the State showed that appellant and another burglarized a granary belonging to Arthur Hill and took therefrom about 75 bushels of oats, which they carried to the home of J. Y. Brannan. Shortly after the theft appellant’s companion, D. Yancy, sold some of the oats to Earl Watkins. The State introduced in evidence appellant’s confession, in which he stated that he and D. Yancy…