Lotz v. State

The offense charged by indictment against this appellant was burglary. The store of A. M. Cottrell was the building in question, and by the undisputed evidence the corpus delicti was fully proven, and to this extent the burden resting upon the state was fully met. No question is raised upon this proposition.

On arraignment this appellant interposed a plea of not guilty, and upon the trial he strenuously insisted that he was at home with his mother and family and one or more ¡visitors, at the time the burglary complained •of was committed; that he had no knowledge of the crime or connection…