People v. Kelley

Pat Kelley prosecutes this writ of error to reverse a' judgment convicting him of burglary and larceny. The indictment charged him with entering a store building of the Parks-Hartwell Drug Company in the daytime, without force, the doors and windows being open, with intent to steal the goods and chattels of Taylor Deaton and stealing $12 of Deaton’s money.

There was no contradiction in the testimony, the defendant offering none. The facts proved were, that on October 6, 1915, Barnum & Bailey’s circus was in the city of Marion and tickets for it were on sale in the back part of the…