State v. Torphy

The appellee was charged by affidavit in two counts with second degree burglary and grand larceny. He was tried by a jury and at the conclusion of the state’s evidence the trial court sustained a motion for a directed verdict for the defendant. The state has appealed.

The evidence disclosed that on the night of June 14, 1939, the building of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Bedford, Indiana, was broken into and property and money of the value of $178 taken. The interior of the building was ransacked and a music box was broken and money taken therefrom; cigarettes were stolen; articles of…