Case Name: Joe Newton v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1932-04-13
Citations: 121 Tex. Crim. 48
Docket Number: No. 14878
Parties: Joe Newton v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 121
Pages: 48–52

Head Matter:
Joe Newton v. The State.
No. 14878.
Delivered April 13, 1932.
Rehearing Denied June 22, 1932.
Reported in 51 S. W. (2d) 590.
The opinion states the case.
Prank Judkins, of Eastland, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
Burglary is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
This is a companion case to Cole Oglesby v. State, 121 Texas Crim. Rep., 52, 51 S. W. (2d) 587. Save on the question of alibi, the facts are not materially different, and the questions of law are identical. The issue of alibi was submitted to the jury in an appropriate charge.
Upon the authority and reasoning in the companion case mentioned, the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.