Beard v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is burglary with intent to commit theft; the punishment, 7 years.

Appellant was jointly indicted with one Jim Bradshaw, but was tried separately.

At the outset appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

W. E. Ellis, District Manager of Wau-kesha-Pierce Industries located on Price Road in the city of Pampa, testified the company’s building was closed and secured about 6 or 7 p. m. on September 26, 1967; that when he arrived the next morning he discovered his office ransacked, the lock sprung on a side door, and some equipment…