State v. Jones

BOHLING, C.

Claude Jones was charged with having committed-a burglary in the second degree and larceny in Audrain County, Missouri. The larceny charge was dismissed at the close of the State’s case because of a defect in the information with respect to said charge. The jury found defendant guilty of the burglary and assessed his punishment at two years’ imprisonment. §§ 560.045, 560.095, RSMo 1949. Several of the points in defendant’s brief go to the ultimate issue that the State failed to connect him with the offense. Other points briefed include charges that the sheriff, who was a witness,…