Patterson v. State

The appellant, Lonnie Patterson, was convicted of burglary and larceny in the court below, and sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary; from which sentence this appeal is taken.

The evidence discloses that Mrs. Holloway was the owner of a bulk plant in the city of Laurel, and that sometime prior to the indictment of the appellant her warehouse had been broken into, and about ten gallons of differential grease stolen therefrom.

There is no substantial dispute in this record as to the fact of the burglary. The state rested its case upon the theory that the appellant was found in…