Franco v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Victoria. Tried below before Hon. T. C. Barden. The testimony for the State is sufficiently shown in the opinion. An ineffectual effort was made by defendant to prove an alibi.
1Opinion of the CourtGould, J.
This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary, the questions presented being, first, was the entry complete, and secondly, was there sufficient evidence of the intentention of appellant to commit a theft The’ evidence is to the effect that about four o’clock in the morning, appellant had raised the window in the dwelling of an aged lady, and was holding it up with his hand in such a way that his fingers were within the house, his elbow resting on the sill of' the window, and his body outside of the house, when some of the inmates hearing the noise and approaching, he suddenly dropped the…
2Cited by13 opinions
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