Legal Opinion

Bowman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 2, 1913No. 2314PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. W. S. Anderson. Apipeal from a conviction of burglary; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

There are many questions raised in the motion for a new trial, but we do not deem it necessary to discuss each of them. The evidence shows that the store of W. A. Cardwell was burglarized on the 28th day of April, 1912; that the door had been prized open with a tool that left an imprint on the wood—there being three impressions—there being a gap in the instrument- that made the impression. The safe in this store was blown open with dynamite and the money…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Gilbraith v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1874
  2. Denton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1901
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
  4. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Nowlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
  3. Manos v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  4. Daniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  5. Deshazo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931

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