Lawrence v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary witli intent to commit theft.

It is contended that the evidence for the State does not make out a case. The indictment alleges that the house was the property of and in the possession of Killeen, and was a chicken house on the premises where he resided. On the night of December 16, 1910, this house was entered and eleven chickens belonging to Miss Sharp were taken. Between eight and nine o’clock on that particular evening Miss Sharp heard a noise about the chicken house, stepped on the back porch and saw a man walking along with a…