State v. Bechtold

SKINNER, Circuit Judge.

The appellant in this action was tried in the circuit court of Minnehaha county, S. D., upon an information charging him with the crime of burglary in the third degree committed on the 16th day of September in the year 1922 in said county and state. The appellant was not present at the commission of the offense, and it was claimed by the state that he aided and abetted in the commission thereof. He was found guilty by the jury and sentenced to 5 years in the penitentiary. The appellant moved for a new trial which was denied, and this appeal is taken from the order…