Billups v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is burglary; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The store of Thad Ray was burglarized and an automatic shotgun stolen therefrom. About a year later the shotgun was obtained by Mill, the city marshal, from one Gibson.

The following in substance, is the testimony of Gibson: He got the gun from Billups soon after the burglary. Billups came to the home of Gibson on a Sunday morning and said he had a gun that he wanted to *58let Gibson have. Gibson advanced Billups $10 and took the gun as collateral security for the loan. On…