Jenkins v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of burglary by the discharge of firearm into the house of J. C. Stacy with intent to kill Dewey Speegle, a person therein; and his punishment was assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

While the evidence is conflicting, it is sufficient to support a finding by the jury that appellant was in the business house of J. C. Stacy about 9:30 or 10 P.M., in company with his wife, and as he left made a statement to the effect that he was going to come back and kill “Dewey Speegle and his wife Helen Speegle;” that he returned shortly, having…