Moore v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
RAMSEY, Judge.
Appellant was charged by indictment in the District Court of Dallas County, with the offense of burglary, and on trial was found guilty by the jury, and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.
Numerous grounds are urged by appellant, both in his brief and on oral argument by his counsel, why this judgment and conviction should be set aside. Among other grounds, it is urged that the court erred in failing to charge on circumstantial evidence. It would, of course, be conceded that if the testimony against appellant was wholly circumstantial, this…
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