Venable v. State

Elbert Venable and Howard Gaddis were jointly indicted for committing the crime of burglary. Venable was tried separately, and was convicted of the offense charged, with a recommendation that he be punished as for a misdemeanor. His exception is to a judgment overruling his motion for new trial containing only the general grounds.

O. Ealph Hale testified, in effect, that some one broke into his store on the night of February 7, 1937, and stole therefrom various articles of merchandise. Howard Gaddis, the alleged accomplice, was the only witness whose testimony sufficiently connected the…