Harris v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

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

An inspection of the indictment discloses that appellant’s contention that said indictment fails to contain averments showing that it was presented in the district court in which the grand jury was in session cannot be sustained.

A pair of shoes and a suit of clothes were taken from the burglarized house. Several days after the commission of the offense, officers found appellant in possession of a pair of shoes which they suspected of having been stolen. One of the…