State v. Hill

The defendant was convicted of breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to steal. There was no direct evidence of his own participation in the breaking and entering, but the stolen property (a pistol) was found in his possession shortly afterwards.

His defense was that the pistol was given him by one Isabelle Hill, who had sent him to Cornelia Hill to find out where the pistol was.

Isabelle and Cornelia were called as witnesses by the defense. Isabelle denied that she ever saw the pistol before it was found ' in defendant’s possession. Cornelia denied that the defendant had ever…