Hammonds v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, enhanced by two previous convictions for burglary, life.

On a Saturday night appellant was discovered in the office of Scott Brothers Grain Company by the night watchman, looking into a desk drawer.

The door, which had been closed and locked, showed evidence of having been prized open and marks on some of the desk drawers showed that they had been forcible opened or attempted to be prized.

Two bars, described as a nail bar and a straight bar some two feet in length, were found in the office.

Appellant was an employee of the Grain Company.…