Haggins v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge. —

The offense is burglary of a private residence; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

During the night of the 18th of January, 1937, the private residence of J. F. Wakefield was burglarized. The property taken from the house consisted of a table cloth of the value of forty dollars, several napkins, a pair of pajamas and other personal property. When appellant was arrested he told one of the officers that he had entered Mr. Wakefield’s home on two occasions in the nighttime and had taken therefrom certain property. In connection with his statement to…