State v. Brower

The defendant was convicted by the district court of Hill county of burglary in the first degree and has appealed from *350the judgment- and an order denying him a new trial. Counsel assail the validity of the judgment on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict.

The evidence is entirely circumstantial. N. P. Daly resides on a farm owned by him near the village of Simpson, in the northern part of Hill county, within ten or twelve miles of the Canadian boundary. Some weeks prior to February 9 of this year, he left his place and went on a visit to the state of Iowa,…