COSTON v. STATE

No. 26976.

268 S.W.2d 180 (1954)

COSTON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 26, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence & Florence, by G. L. Florence, Gilmer, for appellant.

James L. Hartsfield, County Atty., Charles A. Allen, Asst. County Atty., Quitman, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

Burglary is the offense; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

Anderson's grocery store and meat market in Winnsboro, Texas, was burglarized the night of June 22 or during the early morning hours of June 23, 1953. Included in the property taken in the burglary were approximately thirty pairs of men's socks, a large quantity of cigarettes in cartons, and $18 in money.

Berryhill, who, upon his plea of guilty, had been...

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