Claiborne v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted in tbe criminal court of Shelby county for the crime of burglary. He was convicted, and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary. Motion for new trial was made and overruled, and he has appealed to this court and assigned errors.

It appears that the plaintiff in error clandestinely entered the house of M. B. Winchester in the nighttime, and, on being discovered,' escaped. He introduced testimony at the trial for the purpose of proving an alibi, but we do not think that the alibi-is sustained.

But it is urged that the plaintiff in error…