State v. Hamilton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

Defendant, Rex Hamilton, was convicted of burglary in the second degree and larceny in connection therewith, and has appealed. Specifically, he and two other defendants were charged with breaking and entering in the nighttime a certain building in Erie and stealing 3,100 pounds of pecans stored therein, in violation of G. S. 1949, 21-520 and 21-524. Apparently they were granted separate trials for we are told that the trial of one resulted in a hung jury, and that the other defendant has not been tried.

Defendant, Rex Hamilton, appellant here,…