Green, Alias Douglas v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense burglary, penalty six years in the penitentiary.

One John D. Sutherland owned and operated a little store at Montell, in Uvalde County. On Saturday night, November 6, 1926, his store was burglarized. On the next night appellant was arrested in the town of Uvalde and some of the stolen goods from said burglarized store was found in his possession and identified by Sutherland and his wife. There is no explanation shown in the record of appellant’s possession of these goods. Unexplained recent possession of stolen property obtained from burglarized premises is sufficient to…