Case Name: Charles Morgan v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1888-06-02
Citations: 25 Tex. Ct. App. 498
Docket Number: No. 5606
Parties: Charles Morgan v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 498–498

Head Matter:
No. 5606.
Charles Morgan v. The State.
Opinion delivered June 2, 1888.
Burglary—Fact Case.—See the opinion for a summary of proof held insufficient to support a conviction for burglary.
Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Collard.
The conviction was for burglary, and the penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of three years in the penitentiary.
The opinion states succinctly the substance of the proof adduced on the trial.
No brief for the appellant.
W. L. Davidson, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
Willson, Judge.
As presented to us in the statement of facts, the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. Stated concisely, the evidence is that a store house was burglariously entered by some one, and some articles of merchandise stolen therefrom. Shortly thereafter some articles of merchandise similar to those which had been stolen were found in the pos- ' session of the defendant. The articles found in his possession were not identified as the stolen ones, the evidence merely showing that they were similar thereto, and of the same line of goods, which line of goods was kept and sold by other merchants in the country.
Defendant made no effort, to conceal the goods found in his possession, and explained his possession of them by saying that he had purchased them in Waco of a merchant, and there is no evidence in the record which contradicts or even raises a doubt of the truth of such explanation.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.
jReversed and remanded.