Massie v. Commonwealth

Thurston Massie appeals from a judgment of the court below sentencing him to two years in the penitentiary for statutory burglary. The indictment charged that the defendant Massie, on December 15, 1967, did break and enter the office of Bradley’s Sawmill in Amherst County, and did steal $ 15 therefrom.

T. Worth Bradley testified that his mill, located approximately 14 miles from Amherst, was burglarized sometime during the late fall or early winter of 1967. He said that entry to the building was effected by a breaking of the lock and in a manner which indicated to him that a bar about wide had…