Britton v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Appellant was, convicted of feloniously breaking into a dwelling house and taking therefrom something of value, and his punishment fixed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

The evidence shows that when William Tye and wife left their home, they closed the windows and locked the doors, and when they returned in about two weeks, they found that the house had been entered and a Marlow shot gun had been stolen. The gun was traced to appellant, who claimed to have bought it from a stranger.

Appellant insists, that the evidence is insufficient to…