Gilford v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Walker. Tried below before Hon. Gordon Boone. Appeal from a conviction of burglary; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years, hence this appeal.
Appellant insists that the case should be reversed because of an alleged defect in the indictment. The indictment is an ordinary indictment for burglary, under article 838, Penal Code; that is, it charges appellant with committing burglary of a certain house by force, with intent to steal. There is no description of the house. The proof showed that it was a crib or outhouse, and not a dwelling house. We take it that appellant’s…
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