State v. Peterson

WOLFE, Chief Justice.

The appellant, defendant below, was charged and tried for the commission of the crimes of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny. From a conviction of the latter crime, he prosecutes this appeal.

At the trial the State produced evidence to the following effect: The complaining witness, one Clarence Means, owner of a tavern on Main Street near Fifth South in Salt Lake City, closed his establishment for the night at about 1:00 a. m. on March 25, 1951, checking the doors and windows to make certain they were locked. Later that same morning Daniel A. Dun and Edward…