Murdock v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from City Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. T. M. ArriNGTON. At the February Term, 188 L, of said court, tbe appellant was indicted for burglary, and at a subsequent- term be was tried and convicted.
Read the full summary
Appeal from City Court of Montgomery. Tried before Hon. T. M. ArriNGTON. At the February Term, 188 L, of said court, tbe appellant was indicted for burglary, and at a subsequent- term be was tried and convicted. On the trial Polly Jackson, the principal witness for the State, testified, among other things, in substance, that the dwelling-bouse which the defendant is charged to have broken into and entered, was her property, and that she lost therefrom at tbe time of tbe burglary several articles of personal property. She also testified, that Dick Jackson, in whom the ownex*ship of the…
1Opinion of the Court
•SOMERVILLE, J.
— The indictment, in this case, charges the defendant with the crime of burglary, alleged to have been perpetrated by breaking into and entering the dwelling-house of one Dick Jackson, with intent to steal. The fact of the breaking and entering was circumstantially proved, and also the loss of certain articles of personal property, which were very soon afterwards found on premises occupied by defendant, and two or three other persons.
The defendant was, thereupon, arrested by warrant sued out before a magistrate by one Polly Jackson, who, being a witness, on the trial in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bonner v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
3Cited by2 opinions
- City of Topeka v. ChesneySupreme Court of Kansas · 1903
- Hubbard v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894