Milam v. State

CATES, Judge.

Milam appeals a conviction from an indictment reading:

“The Grand Jury of said county charge that, before the finding of this indictment, Francis Ellis Milam, Jr., alias Ellis Francis Milam, Jr., with intent to steal, broke into and entered the building of James R. Busbee, in which goods, merchandise or things of value were kept for use, sale or deposit, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.”

On the night of July 18, 1956, Mr. James R. Busbee, owner and operator of the Magic Tunnel car wash in Birmingham, was “contacted” by two police officers and went to his place…