State v. Whitaker

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Upon a charge of burglary in the first degree the appellants,. Vernie Lee Whitaker and Lee Taylor, have been found guilty “of an attempt to commit burglary of a dwelling house in the first degree” and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years. In conformity with their motion for a new trial the appellants make two points; first, that the evidence adduced upon their trial is wholly insufficient. to sustain a conviction and, second, that they went to trial prepared to defend against a charge of having committed burglary in the first degree and,…