Howell v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of burglary. At the time of the burglary there was taken from the store-house burglarized "one blue serge sack-coat, and one pair of No. 7 men’s shoes.” The strongest incriminating circumstance shown by the evidence against the defendant was his possession of the coat alleged to have been taken from the store-house, some three or four weeks after the offense was committed. The defendant, who was a white boy nineteen years of age, explained his possession of the coat by the testimony of his father, two brothers, and a sister. These witnesses testified, that…