Robinson v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

James Robinson appeals from a conviction for the offense of burglary in the second degree with a penitentiary sentence of four years,

According to the State’s evidence one Abb Doner operated a small grocery store in the “Washstand” or “Warriors Stand” community of Macon County, Alabama. On the night of September 8, 1967, he laid a trap for burglars by tying one end of a string to the trigger of a shotgun and the other end to the back door of his store;

The next morning the door was open,and the gun had fired. Mr. Doner saw,-tracks around the door but so far as he could…