State v. Virgil

The State’s evidence, in brief summary, tends to show: On February 9, 1963, about 3:00 a.m., T. S. Matthews, part owner, was sleeping inside the premises of Matthews & Gentry Service Station and Grocery. He was awakened by a tapping noise at one of the outer doors. Thereafter, one Oliver Evans broke a glass panel in an overhead door to the garage portion of the premises, entered where, the glass panel had been broken and then, passing through a swinging door, entered the portion of the premises in which Matthews had been sleeping. Matthews’ dog barked. Evans fired his shotgun and injured…