State v. Bales

On the night of December 21-22, 1953, a store building in the town of Lacona in which Kenneth J. Butler operated a produce and feed business was burglarized. There was a breaking and entering of the building, and a safe therein was opened. Within the safe were certain drawers which were opened by use of a metal instrument. From these, or one of them, approximately $200 in currency and coins was. taken. Certain marks were left on the drawers which had not been there prior to the break-in.

The chief witness for the State was James W. Kepler, who testified that on the night in question he went…