State v. Biggs

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

On the night of October 22, 1933, the store of W. D Harmon, at Hemingway, was broken into and entered, and an iron safe removed therefrom, which contained papers, books of account, and about $800.00 in cash. Several hours later the safe was found on a country road some miles distant from Hemingway. The door of the safe had been blown off, the papers and books burned, and the money stolen. The appellant was charged with the crime and convicted of housebreaking and larceny. The testimony offered by the State tended to prove that he…