Alinis v. State

HARPER, Judge.

In this case, appellant was indicted by the grand jury, charged with burglary. Upon a trial, he was convicted, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

1. It was a case of circumstantial evidence, and the State relied on the fact that appellant was found in possession of a portion of the property stolen from the house as a circumstance to connect him with the offense. Appellant objected to the State proving that property was stolen from the house, and that defendant was found in possession of it, as the indictment only alleged burglary with the…