Bradford v. State

Defendant below, Sam Bradford, was convicted of burglary of a business place with intent to commit a felony and sentenced to from three to five years in the penitentiary. He has appealed in error and insists (1) that the evidence preponderates against the verdict and in favor of his innocence; and (2) that the Trial Judge •erroneously refused to give a special instruction requested by defendant.

Evidence for the State was that at about 9 p.m., December 8,1959, the defendant was apprehended in Gay’s Grocery Store leaning against an ice cream ease. He had broken a glass window and entered the…