Mitchem v. State

— Upon writ of error to a conviction of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor the sole question presented is' the alleged error of the trial court in denying defendant below a new trial on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

The evidence we find in the bill of exceptions was of such probative force, nature and tendency as to warrant a jury composed of reasonable men to believe the defendant guilty as charged. Defendant undertook to give the jury a credible explanation why much of the stolen property was' admittedly recently in his possession.…