Griffin v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. Henry Griffin was convicted of burglary and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
In December, 1915, the appellant, Henry Griffin, a negro boy about sixteen years of age was indicted and tried for the crime of burglary of a storehouse in the city of Vicksburg, and from a conviction and sentence of three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary^ he appeals here.
The testimony offered by the state at the trial in the lower court showed that the appellant was in the employ of the Katzenmeir Bakery in the city of Vicksburg, and one night during the month of October was found in the storeroom connected with the bakery. When he was discovered in the storeroom he ran out of the…
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