State v. Bradley

A safe was taken from the premises of O. K. Glass Company and found in Ozaukee county. It had been battered open with a sledge hammer. During the night of December 11, 1952, the chief of police of East Troy received complaint of the suspicious actions of an automobile. Accompanied by two deputy sheriffs he followed the car, a blue Pontiac. While the occupants were attempting to escape from the officers a maul was thrown out of the car. The defendants, occupants of the Pontiac, were detained for going through a stop sign. In their car were found a four-pound sledge hammer, gloves, a…