People v. Bowen

Defendants, Sherrell Bowen and William T. Rouse, appeal their convictions of attempted larceny in a building.

On January 19, 1965, at approximately eight o’clock p.m., the defendants and two female companions were admitted to the home of one Matilda Gatzmeyer, an 80-year-old woman. The defendants’ car was observed parked in front of Miss Gatzmeyer’s residence and a neighbor, believing the defendants to have designs upon her property, called the police. Two police officers arrived and entered the home along with the neighbor.1 The defendants were found in the rear of the house near or on the…