Dupree v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Burglary. Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. Will Dupree ivas indicted for the burglary of Greil Bros. Co.’s store. The evidence tended to show that on the night of the burglary the store was closed, and how and when it was closed was shown by Owens. The nest morning the lock on the back door next to the freight-house of the Louisville & Nashville Bailroad Company was broken.
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Burglary. Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. Will Dupree ivas indicted for the burglary of Greil Bros. Co.’s store. The evidence tended to show that on the night of the burglary the store was closed, and how and when it was closed was shown by Owens. The nest morning the lock on the back door next to the freight-house of the Louisville & Nashville Bailroad Company was broken. Certain goods with Greil Bros.’ mark on them were found piled in the nook or jamb of the freight-house door next to the store of Greil Bros. The defendant was standing there when the goods…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
— G. D. Owens, a witness for tbe state, who was an employe at tbe store of Greil Bros. Company, — whose store in Montgomery was alleged' to have been. broken into,—testified to facts tending to ' show the burglary of said store. He described tbe condition of tbe back door, on tbe outside and on tbe inside of tbe store, and the lock that was on it. He was asked by tbe defendant on tbe cross: “Is it or not possible for this’lock (which was on tbe door inside), to have been broken this way from tbe outside of tbe store?” also, “Is it not a fact, it was a physical impossibility for a person to…
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