Mainer v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was given a five year sentence on a charge of burglary of a private residence at night time.

The evidence shows that B. H. Blakeney lived at 311 North Loraine Street, in Midland; that on January 4th, 1944, at about four o’clock in the afternoon, he and his wife left for San Antonio for an extended stay and that their house was securely locked. Appellant made a voluntary written statement, which was introduced in evidence, in which he confessed that he and Earl Miller arrived in Midland at about 8 o’clock on the night of January 4, 1944. They went to the Blakeney…