Nix v. Commonwealth

CAMMACK, Judge.

In the latter part of September, 1955, a foreman of the Old King Mining Company discovered that 415 feet of %-inch copper wire were missing from one of the Company’s mines. The Company’s industrial policeman, James Holliday, was able to follow the markings left by the wire as it was dragged over the ground. The marks ended at the nearby home of Junior Nix. Junior and his 17 year old brother-in-law, Ivan Hughes, were arrested at Junior’s home. Both made statements, later reaffirmed by them at the trial, to the following effect: Early in the evening of September 11, 1955, the…