Ray v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of an attempt to commit burglary, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

The testimony shows that on the night of August 20, 1934, the top sash of a window at the north or rear end of a store building belonging to Mr. J. M. Hunt was prized out and laid on the ground next to the building. The locks on the gasoline pump located in front and at the south of his store building had been broken and some gasoline taken from same. An investigation disclosed two tracks made by…