Wooldridge v. Commonwealth

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of possessing burglary tools and damaging property. He was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary and fined $500. He presents several grounds for reversal which will be taken up after a brief statement of the facts.

At 3:00 o’clock one morning the owner of a motel observed appellant in a public telephone booth located on the motel premises. He appeared to be tampering with the phone box and was using a ratchet-like tool. When the motel owner made inquiry, appellant informed him that he was trying to call his wife. When he departed in an…