Smith v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed to two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

He was indicted as a principal to the burglary of a house alleged to have belonged to one J. E. Hale in the City of Jefferson, the offense being alleged to have occurred about the 21st of March, 1920. It appears from the record that this date was upon a Sunday. Appellant had formerly lived in the city of Jefferson, but at the time of the transaction inquired about he was living at Marshall where he worked in a garage, which was owned by the sheriff of Harrison…