Richardson v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense burglary, penalty three years in the penitentiary.

The state relied for a conviction chiefly upon recent possession of stolen property from the burglarized premises. The only serious question in the case is the question of the sufficiency of the proof of identity of the alleged stolen cotton seed found in possession of appellant to support the conviction.

Prosecuting witness missed twelve sacks of cotton seed from a house on his premises. One of these sacks was branded “Cash Pedigreed Seed.” There was one oat sack holding four and a half or five bushels, a piece of a large…