Denham v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Burglary with intent to commit theft; the punishment, assessed by the jury, ten (10) years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Though tried separately, this is a companion case to Corbin v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 426 S.W.2d 238 (March 27, 1968).

The record reflects without dispute that a building occupied by the Big State Mercantile Company in the City of Fort Worth was broken into, a safe opened and certain checks and cash (including $28.24 in coins) in the amount of $808.84 taken.

At approximately 2 a. m. on October 17, 1966, City Police Officer…