Thurston v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Conviction for burglary; punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

Mrs. Mattie Eaves had a boarding house in Nacogdoches, Texas. Joe Lambert had a room in said boarding house on August 16, 1936. The front and back doors of Mrs. Eaves’ house were closed on the occasion here involved. Mrs. Eaves got up on the morning of this occurrence about 5:30. If anyone else was awake and up at the time, the record fails to disclose it. Mrs. Eaves said she heard a commotion upstairs in the neighborhood of Lambert’s room, and heard the commotion coming downstairs, and went to the dining…