Clark v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

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

The facts in this case show that Blum & Co., a mercantile concern, did a drygoods business in the city of San Antonio. Their store had a vestibule, with a door leading into the store sitting back at the back of the vestibule. In the center of the vestibule was a showcase about five or six feet square and some six or eight feet high, with a cover on same. There was a door that led into the showcase. The showcase was under the floor, so to speak, of the first story of…