State v. Middleton

April 23, 1904. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The defendant was convicted under the second count in an indictment, charging in the first count burglary and in the second larceny, in breaking into the house of one Morrow and stealing a watch belonging to his wife.

On the second night after the alleged crime was committed, R.F. Morris, intendant of the town of Willington, in company with several others, arrested the defendant. Under the influence of threats of violence, the defendant led the party to an old stump under which they found the watch. On account of the threats, the…