People v. Andriacci

This appeal springs from a jury conviction of the defendants for breaking and entering. *

On the Sunday afternoon of November 22, 1964, a Birmingham beauty shop owner visited his shop, only to find it occupied by three intruders, who fled out the back door as the owner entered the front. After noticing that a hole had been knocked in a common wall with the next-door fur salon, the beauty shop owner and a companion undertook a hot pursuit down the alley after the fleeing men.

These pursuers were unable to catch the culprits before they reached a waiting auto being manned by a fourth accomplice.…