Hopkins v. State

Appellant was tried-under an indictment charging Mm with the crimes of burglary and grand larceny. He was acquitted on the larceny charge, but was convicted on the burglary -count of. the indictment and given a sentence .in the State Penitentiary.

A .bank at Altus had been entered by burglars, who, after entering the vault where the Safety deposit boxes were kept, broke into several of these boxes. “When the sheriff arrived at the scene he observed finger !prints -on the boxes, and he caused photographs of these finger prints to be made. Appellant had been confined in the State Penitentiary,…