Brown v. State

Jackson, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of burglary at night, in breaking and entering the residence of Mr. Screven, in Savannah, with intent to commit larceny therefrom. The .evidence was that the house was broken into between 9 o’clock at night and 6 o’clock next morning, on the 3rd of January, 1878; and that on the next night, between 8 and 9 o’clock, the prisoner tried to sell the silver plate which was missing from the house; he was accompanied by another, but he did the talking and trading; a policeman was sent for, defendant ran, was shot at, shot back, and was finally arrested.

His…