Coronado v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for burglary with the intent to commit theft; the punishment, four years in the penitentiary.

The testimony sufficiently shows the unlawful breaking and entering of a closed building in which Oscar H. Lock operated a sporting goods store, and the taking therefrom without his consent twelve rifles, a rifle scabbard, a pistol and holster, and several pocket knives.

The rifles and scabbard were found by the officers behind the building from which they had been taken, but were left as found, and a guard stationed to watch them. At 1:05 A.M. on the night following…