Solomon v. State

This is a conviction for the offense of burglary of a private residence at nighttime.

The evidence shows without contradiction that the private residence of Hiram Hunt was burglarized on the night of about April 4, 1917, and that the property taken therefrom was two bedspreads and three pillows. These articles were found soon thereafter in possession of Ethel Robinson, a negro girl. It was her testimony alone upon which the state relies to connect the appellant with the offense. She appears to have been sick at the time from a malady affecting her leg, and shortly after the occurrence had gone…