Thomas v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for burglary; punishment, twelve years in the penitentiary.

Appellant is charged with burglary. The house alleged to have been entered was the home of a Mr. Pierce, in which, in the clothes closet, Pierce had a suit of clothes. On the trial he testified that on the day of the burglary he was at home practically all day, his family being in the country; that a few *270minutes after six o’clock p. m. he left the house and was gone until about eight o’clock. He also testified that he did not remember whether he closed the door, but believed he did, — they usually did. He…