Morrow v. State

This case illustrates the perils of man’s living alone, beyond the tender care and refining influences of women. The defendant and his brother were living on a farm, where they worked in the fields, prepared their own meals, and did such other things about the house as they were able to do. A neighbor, Pickens by name, a widower, kept bachelor’s hall alone on a farm near by. Pickens went away on a visit, and before leaving securely locked his belongings in his house. While he was away the house was burglarized and robbed of some canned peaches and a bucket of lard. Under authority of a search…