Gober v. State

Joel Gober was indicted for burglary, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant filed a motion for new trial based on the general and three special grounds. This motion, as amended, was overruled on each and every ground thereof, and the defendant excepted.

In special ground 1, the defendant assigns as error the excerpt, enclosed in brackets, from instructions given the jury by the court: “[Now, any removal by the defendant, or someone else, of those things which are usually found in a house to protect the same from intruders on the outside, would be a breaking within the…