Benton v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, two years.

The witness White testified that he left home about noon on the day charged in the indictment and the doors to his house were closed, that his wife operated a store across the driveway from his house, and as far as he knew she was at the store all afternoon. He stated that he returned home at 5:30 and found the appellant in his kitchen, that the appellant had his toaster in his arms, his socks and handkerchiefs in his bosom, and his wife’s costume jewelry in his pockets. He testified that he required the appellant to…