Miller v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the State penitentiary.

Appellant earnestly insists that the crime of burglary is not shown independent of the confession of appellant, and that his confession is not corroborated as to the 'breaking and entering the house—that this fact is proven alone by his confession.

Something occurred, not disclosed by the record, to cause the arrest of appellant, and the morning after his arrest he sent for Mr. Eugene Bonham, a merchant in Cuero, for whom he had been working as porter. He told Mr.…