Bellam v. State

The appellant was convicted by the court without a jury under indictments in seven distinct cases of breaking and entering, with intent to commit a felony in six cases and of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor in the seventh. These appeals are from three of the convictions, in which the sentences were six years each to run consecutively, thus imposing a total sentence of eighteen years.

The first question raised concerns the legality of the search of the appellant’s home and the seizure therein of certain tools offered in evidence. The facts are virtually undisputed. The…