Clark v. State

Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

The evidence was amply sufficient to sustain the verdict. Appellant claimed and testified that he was in the house alleged to have been burglarized at the time, and stole therefrom certain articles, but he claimed that the brother of the owner of the house admitted him therein, and that they by agreement went therein to gamble. The effect of his testimony and claim was that at the time he entered the house he had no intention to commit any theft or do anything other than gamble with the brother…