State v. Neff

Hatcher, Judge:

The two Neffs were charged with burglariously breaking and entering in the night time a chicken house, an outhouse adjoining the dwelling house of J. A. Trent and belonging to him, and stealing from the chicken house his chickens valued ■ at $30.00. The Neffs were found guilty of burglary and sentenced to the penitentiary.

The evidence is incomplete as to the size of the alleged chicken house and its proximity' to the Trent dwelling. The former is described as a “small house”, having a floor space of four and a half by five feet; but neither its height, nor evidence from which…