Cooper v. State

The defendants (Charles Henry Cooper, .Lawrence Williams and Lawrence Buddy Carter) were convicted of statutory burglary by the trial court sitting without a jury under several indictments and have appealed.-

In the first indictment (2091/62), Cooper and Williams were jointly charged with breaking and entering 1411 Division Street and stealing from an apartment therein two radios and other articles. Both plead not guilty, but the indictment was subsequently stetted as to Williams. Cooper was convicted of statutory burglary and was sentenced to a term of three years in the Institution for Men.

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