Jones v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is burglary with intent to commit theft; the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., 12 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Alton Stanfield, a night watchman for the Gardner Machinery Corporation, testified that on the date in question, he also looked after the nearby property known as the Planet Motor Sales in Harris County; that at 8:30 p. m., approximately 30 minutes after the Planet Motor Sales closed for business before it was dark, he checked the building and the automobiles; that during the…