Mathis v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for burglary with the intent to commit theft; the punishment, ten years’ imprisonment.

The appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and also urges that the trial court erred in overruling his objection to the Court’s charge instructing the jury on the law of principals.

Two eyewitnesses testified they saw the appellant and another man enter a home and carry out a television set, an iron and other property which was placed in an automobile standing in a driveway. The two men and another occupant in the automobile drove away. These…