Abel v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for nighttime burglary of a house; the punishment, enhanced un der Art. 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., by reason of a prior conviction for an offense of like character, twelve years.

The state’s evidence shows that on the night in question a building occupied by the Knox Motor Company in the city of Ozona was broken into and burglarized. When Mr. Knox, the owner, entered the building the next morning he found the safe, which had been opened, and a cash register lying on the floor. Papers from the safe, some of which had been partially burned, were on the floor. The…