Thompkins v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Burglary. Appeal from Bullock Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. M. Sollie. George Thompkins was convicted of burglary and he appeals. The evidence of the accomplice was not so corroborated as to authorize a finding of defendant guilty, and hence, the affirmative charge should have been given. — Section 1897, Code 1907; Lindsey v. The State, 54 S'outh. 516.
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, J.
The defendant was tried on an indictment charging burglary, in which he was jointly indicted with one Will Serge. It was shown by the evidence on the trial that a storehouse of one Sims had been burglarized on a certain night and a sum of money amounting to “several dollars,” taken from the cash drawer, and that shortly afterwards Will Serge was arrested and charged with the burglary, whereupon he stated that the defendant had broken into the store by using a wire stretcher to twist out the bolt securing the window by means of an iron bar. Serge testified on the trial that he met the…
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