HAMMONDS v. STATE

No. 30307.

320 S.W.2d 7 (1959)

George Washington HAMMONDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 21, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, enhanced by two previous convictions for burglary, life.

On a Saturday night appellant was discovered in the office of Scott Brothers Grain Company by the night watchman, looking into a desk drawer.

The door, which had been closed and locked, showed evidence of having been prized open and marks on some of the desk drawers showed that they had been forcibly opened or attempted to be prized.

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