Osborn v. State
| Decision Date | 13 March 1901 |
| Citation | 61 S.W. 491 |
| Parties | OSBORN v. STATE. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from district court, Young county; A. H. Carrigan, Judge.
Brit Osborn was convicted of burglary, and he appeals. Reversed.
John C. Kay, for appellant. D. E. Simmons, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years' confinement in the penitentiary. The indictment is in the ordinary form, and charges a daytime breaking by force, threats, and fraud. There is no allegation in the indictment that the house was a private residence. The evidence shows beyond controversy that it was a private residence; but by the act of June 5, 1899 (Acts 26th Leg. p. 318), article 839a was added to the Penal Code, making the burglary of a private residence a separate and distinct offense from that contained in articles 838, 839, Pen. Code. This act prescribes a different punishment for the burglary of a private residence than an ordinary burglary, to wit, for any term of years not less than five. We are of opinion that, in order to constitute a valid indictment under this act, it must allege the burglarized house to be a private residence. This is a part of the definition itself; and, whether the legislature had expressly stated it should be a distinct and separate offense, the definition of the offense itself would necessarily make it a different offense, because it is composed of different elements and is differently defined from the ordinary burglary. In support of our views in reference to the necessary allegations of the indictment under the act of 1899, supra, we cite White's Ann. Pen. Code, § 1502, for collation of authorities; also Rice v. State, 37 Tex. Cr. R. 36, 38 S. W. 801; Bice v. State, 37 Tex. Cr. R. 38, 38 S. W. 803; Edwards v. State, 37 Tex. Cr. R. 242, 38 S. W. 996, 39 S. W. 368; Dudley v. State, 37 Tex. Cr. R. 543, 40 S. W. 269. The evidence shows burglary of a private residence. Because the evidence does not support the judgment,—in other words, because there is a variance between the allegations in the indictment and the evidence adduced in support of it,—the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
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