Skirlock v. State

BERRY, Judge. —

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Jones County for the offense of burglary and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of three years.

This court is forced to the necessity of reversing this case on a matter that ought never to occur during the progress of any trial. Proper exception was reserved to the following argument made by the district attorney to the jury: “Gentlemen of the jury, if you had been arrested, charged with burglarizing the home of J. B. Jones, as was the defendant wouldn’t you have explained to the officers that…