State v. Jones

The defendant, who was convicted of the crime of burglary and sentenced to a term of 3 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, perfected an appeal to this court.

On the evening of March 6, 1967, a witness from a window across the street observed the municipal building at Holbrook, Nebraska, being burglarized and copper wire being removed therefrom by two men and placed in the trunk of an automobile. This witness telephoned to another part of the municipal building where the village board was meeting. Two of those present at the board meeting immediately went to the scene. They…