Coston v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Burglary is the offense; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

Anderson’s grocery store and meat market in Winnsboro, Texas, was burglarized the night of June 22 or during the early morning hours of June 23, 1953. Included in the property taken in the burglary were approximately thirty pairs of men’s socks, a large quantity of cigarettes in cartons, and $18 in money.

Berryhill, who, upon his plea of guilty, had been convicted of the burglary of the Anderson grocery store prior to the instant trial, testified in behalf of the state that he committed the burglary and that…