Edge v. State

Frank Edge was convicted of breaking and entering the Walton County Court House with intent to steal the property of another of the value of less than fifty dollars.

The court house was broken into on the night of September 26, 1927, and an old gun taken away. The next morning the accused reported the matter to the janitor and said that during the night some one appeared on the court house grounds and when he hailed him and ordered him to stop the person dropped the gun and Edge recovered it and later carried it to his house. Not knowing what to do with it or where it came from except that it…