Grantham v. State

The appellants, Grantham, Dunn, and Broom, were jointly indicted for burglary and larceny of a dwelling house, the property of J. J. Shelton, Sr., convicted by a jury, and sentenced to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary, from which an appeal is prosecuted.

As to appellants Dunn and Broom, there is not a scintilla of competent evidence of their guilt in this record. Witnesses testified that Grantham stated to them, long-after the completion of the crime, and after a conspiracy —if one existed — had been terminated, that he watched while Dunn and Broom entered the dwelling…