Rowlett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried below before the Hon. C. W. Bobinson. Appeal from a conviction of burglary; penalty, three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HAEPEE, Judge.
Appellant was indicted for burglary under the name of Tom Jones, and on the trial suggested his true name as James A. Eowlett, and at his suggestion his name in the indictment was so changed, and the trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, assessing his punishment at three years in the penitentiary, and from the judgment thereon he appeals.
The indictment contained two counts charging the same transaction, the first being for an ordinary burglary, alleging that the accused “did break and enter” a house, and the second count charging a night-time burglary of a private residence.…
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