LEATHERWOOD v. STATE

No. 27738.

283 S.W.2d 71 (1955)

George LEATHERWOOD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 26, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., A. D. Bowie, Charles S. Potts, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, ten years.

The appellant pleaded guilty, and the State amply supported the averments of the indictment by proof that the appellant and his partner were apprehended while endeavoring to open a safe in a building which they had entered through a hole made in the roof.

Only one bill of exception appears in the record. It contains a transcript of the opening argument for the State, the...

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