Gorman v. State

BETHEA, Judge. —

The appellant was convicted for the oifense of burglary, and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

On the night of November 9, 1925, the store of W. P. Simms was broken into, and various articles of merchandise were taken therefrom. The evidence for the state shows that the appellant and one T. F. Barrett were arrested on November 11th in the town of Plainview, at which time they had in their possession the articles of merchandise taken from the Simms store, which said articles were identified by Mr. Simms as the property which had been stolen from his…