State v. Rice

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The appellant was charged with the crime of burglary in the nighttime. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The court overruled a motion for *590a new trial and rendered judgment on the verdict. In his appeal it is urged that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence.

The state proved that sometime between Tuesday or Wednesday and the following Sunday morning some one broke open the kitchen door of a dwelling house belonging to Mrs. Funkhouser, in the city of Fort Scott; that certain property belonging to her, consisting of a revolver…