Aiken v. State

The defendant was charged with burglary. Omitting the proof as to the corpus delicti, it appears from the evidence that a lady heard a noise in a dwelling-house and saw a negro man make his escape by jumping from a window of the house to the ground. The only real question in the case was as to the identity of the culprit. Among other circumstances submitted to show that the accused was the burglar, the court permitted evidence to be introduced as to the conduct of a bloodhound which was put upon tracks on the ground near the window from which the alleged *849burglar made Ms escape. The…