Burgess v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from tbe District Court of Jones. Tried below before Hon. C. P. 'Woodbuef. Tbis appeal is from a conviction for burglary, witb punishment assessed at two years in tbe penitentiary. One Lucien Beeves was separately indicted for tbis offense, and upon defendant’s motion and affidavit Beeves was first put upon trial, but witb wbat result tbe record does not disclose.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of Jones. Tried below before Hon. C. P. 'Woodbuef. Tbis appeal is from a conviction for burglary, witb punishment assessed at two years in tbe penitentiary. One Lucien Beeves was separately indicted for tbis offense, and upon defendant’s motion and affidavit Beeves was first put upon trial, but witb wbat result tbe record does not disclose. Tbe bouse burglarized was a dwelling bouse occupied by one A. J. Streed, and between $30 and $35 was abstracted from a trunk in the bouse, tbe lock of tbe trunk being broken. Tbis was on tbe 14th day of April. Tbe State…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, PRESIDING Judge.
Conviction for burglary, with intent to steal the property of A. J. Streed. Appellant reserved bill of exceptions to the charge of the court, objecting to the charge upon several grounds. We have examined the objections made, in connection with the evidence, as it appears in the statement of facts. We are of opinion that it is correct, except in one particular. In defining “principal” the court embraces those who are keeping watch, etc. There being no evidence that any of the parties engaged in the burglary were keeping watch, it was error to allude to this part of the…
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