Hall v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, P. J.
The offense is burglary; punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.
In the indictment it is charged that the appellant entered the house of M. A. Ector, by force and without his consent, with the intent to take from his possession certain personal property.
The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged. A recital of it is deemed unnecessary, further than to say that it was undisputed that the alleged burglarized premises did not belong to and were not in the possession of the person named in the indictment as the owner. The statute requires that the owner…
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