Summers v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

The offense, burglary; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment was in two counts, the first count charging the burglary of a house belonging to M. D. Richards, and the other count charging the burglary of the house of Jim Richards. The count charging the burglary of the house of M. D. Richards alone was submitted to the jury.

Briefly stated, the facts are as follows: Jim Richards had under lease a large farm on which was situated several granaries or bins for storage of grain, and his father, M. D. Richards, had secured from him the use of one of said bins…