Holmes v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for burglary; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

Without question a store was burglarized and meat, lard, tobacco and other property taken therefrom during the nighttime. The testimony clearly shows that the burglary was by force applied to the building. Shortly after the date of the alleged burglary appellant sold to witness Miles some goods of the same kind and character as those taken from the alleged burglarized store. There was one particular piece of plug tobacco which had been cut by a knife while in the store, which furnished the chief means of…