People v. Black

The defendantsdefendants were charged and jointly tried upon a charge of burglary. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of burglary in the first degree against the defendant Bodie Black, and a verdict of guilty of burglary in the second degree against the defendant Blanche Welch. From the judgments pronounced upon the verdicts the defendants prosecute this appeal.

The facts as disclosed by the testimony are as follows: Mrs. Caldwell, whose home was entered during her absence, returned at about 12:10 A. M. on the morning of January 27, 1926, in company with a friend named Brown. Upon arriving…