Johnson v. State

PRICE, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of the offense of burglary in the first degree and her punishment fixed by the jury at ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The evidence for the State tends to show that defendant, a 17 year old Negro girl, worked as a servant in the home of Dr. J. L. Davis, of Sulligent, Alabama. On the last Sunday night in January, 1950, when the Doctor retired, he placed his trousers on a chair at the foot of his bed. When he dressed next morning his wallet, *647containing between $170.00 and $180.00, was missing from his pocket.

Investigation disclosed a breakfast…