Thomas v. State

DICE, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, 5 years.

The state’s testimony shows that on the night in question the prosecuting witness, Rita Farrar, closed the cafe which she owned and operated in the city of Dallas around 10:30 P.M. and locked all doors including the outside doors to the two rest rooms in the back of the building-. Later in the night Officers T. J. Taylor and A. L. Edwards of the Dallas Police Department arrested two men by the names of Turner and Cruise as they came out of the rear door of the building upon which the lock had been broken. Some thirty minutes later…