Stacy v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Carter county of burglary in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at two1 years in the state penitentiary.

The record discloses that at the time charged the business house of one M. M. Wallis was broken into and the vault and safe looted of about $70. The conviction rests entirely on circumstantial evidence; this evidence in the main being proof that the finger prints of accused were found on the door of the vault. The contention is made that this is insufficient; that a conviction based on…