Timberlake v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Burglary is the offense; the punishment, eight years’ confinement in the State penitentiary.

*376Early on the morning of April 14, 1946, the Blue Grill Cafe in El Paso was burglarized. Among other things, a safe weighing about six hundred pounds, containing several hundred dollars in money and checks, was taken from the building. Marble machines and a music-box in the building had been broken open and the money taken. The burglary was discovered the same morning, some four or five hours thereafter. Officers were notified and immediately began an investigation.

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