Collingsworth v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of the offense of ‘ feloniously breaking and entering a, certain building, to-wit, a store building, the property of one Lucy Martin, with the intent then and there to steal, take and carry away, money, goods and chattels” of the value of less than $50.00 and was sentenced to three years in the State prison. The only assignment of error insisted upon is based upon the denial of the motion for new trial. The first three grounds of the motion related to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, and the fourth and fifth had specific reference to the…