Ellis v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

appellant was tried and convicted of the qffense of burglary, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

The record shows that Mrs. Lucille Hill, the surviving wife of F. H. Hill, deceased, owned a two-story residence located in the town of Panhandle in Carson County which she had not occupied for five years preceding the time of the alleged burglary. However, all of her household goods and kitchen utensils were left in it. On or about the 12th day of July, 1935, some parties by breaking a window, entered the house and…