West v. State

Citations

• 35 Tex. 89

Syllabus

<p>Indictment charged defendants with having feloniously and burglariously entered the store house of one C., in the night time, ‘ ‘ with the intent, the goods and chattels of the said C., then and there being, then and there feloniously and burglariously to steal, take, and carry away.” Held, that the intent charged is not sufficiently definite to constitute the crime of burglary, as defined by the Penal Code. (Paschal’s Digest, Article 2859.)</p>