State v. White

O’NIELL, C. X

The appellant, George Crumble, was prosecuted under a bill of information charging that he did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter in the nighttime the poultry farm of one Julius Quinn, with the felonious intent to steal, and did then and there take, steal, and carry away 150 leghorn chickens, of the value of $150. On the theory that the prosecution was for burglary, or entering in the nighttime, as defined in section 854 of the Revised Statutes (as amended by Act No. 20 of 1926), the case was tried by a jury of twelve; and, the verdict being “Guilty as charged,” the…