Franklin v. State

This is an indigent appeal from a judgment that appellant was guilty under an indictment that contained a count for burglary in the second degree and a second count charging appellant with larceny. The verdict of guilt was general. The sentence was four years imprisonment.

The subject of the burglary was a building, near a gravel or sand pit, in which tools were stored for use in connection with the business of removing and selling the sand and gravel. The owner of the stolen tools and of the storehouse or building housing the tools, was James Gillilan who testified that the value of the…