McNeely v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for burglary of a house belonging to J. P. Parker, punishment being two years in the penitentiary.

About the first of February, 1923, J. P. Parker and his family moved from Comanche County to Lubbock County, bringing with them 225 jars of fruit, consisting of peaches, sweet pickles, berries of different kinds, tomatoes, preserves, cucumbers, and three cans of soap. All of the articles in question were stored in a small barn, the window being nailed up and the door fastened. On the night of March 20, 1923, the barn was burglarized and all the articles enumerated…