Jones v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of McLennan County for the offense of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that a Hudson automobile belonging to E. R. Smith was in the possession of John T. Kelly in the city of Waco for repairs, and that on or about the night of February 17, 1925, Kelly’s place of business was burglarized and said automobile stolen therefrom, same being afterwards found in a field about fourteen miles out of Houston, near the Houston and Waco road. When found, the automobile .had only one…