Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1926

Walker v. State

Walker v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided February 24, 1926 · Morrow
280 S.W. 813; 103 Tex. Crim. 376; 1926 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 222 (South Western Reporter)

Walker v. State

Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is burglary, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

According to the State’s evidence, a chicken house belonging to McDowell was burglarized and a number of chickens were taken therefrom. Soon after the commission of the offense, the chickens were found in the possession of the appellant.

There is no complaint by bill of exceptions of the charge of the court, nor of its rulings in the receipt of evidence.

The testimony is sufficient to prove the burglary, and the recent possession of stolen property by the appellant is sufficient to support the finding of the jury connecting him with the offense. See Branch’s Ann. Tex. P. C., Sec. 2346, and numerous cases there collated; also Payne v. State, 21 Tex. Crim. App. 184.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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