Bennett v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for burglary; the punishment, ten years.

The testimony sufficiently shows the unlawful and forcible breaking and entering of a closed building in which Allen Hol-combe as owner operated a men’s clothing store, that the forcible entry was without his consent, and the taking therefrom by someone of 100 suits of men’s clothing, 300 pairs of shoes, shirts and socks, and certain other merchandise of the total value of $10,300, was without his consent.

On July 10, and 14, 1964, following the burglary June 8, 1964, the officers found a quantity of merchandise in…