Rodgers v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is nighttime burglary of a private residence; the punishment, 5 years.

The record contains no formal bills of exception and no complaint as to the charge of the court.

Zelma Ruth Thompson testified that at about 10:30 at night she saw a man in the bedroom of her private residence, which she occupied with her little daughter. When she saw him the man was crawling over a day bed under a window from which the latched screen had been removed.

Mrs. Thompson called out and threatened to “blow out'his middle section,” whereupon the man made his exit through the window.

The…