People v. Stoneking

Zebedee Stoneking and Robert Stoneking were convicted in the circuit court of McDonough county of the crime of burglary and were sentenced to the penitentiary. They urge a reversal of this judgment on the grounds that the evidence does not show them guilty of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt and that the court erred in the giving and refusing of instructions.

•There are two uncontroverted facts in the record. The one is, that about two o’clock on the morning of July 3, 1918, the chicken house of James Wright was entered and six chickens stolen therefrom; and the second is, that about three…