Clements v. State

Will Clements was convicted of the crime of burglary, on an indictment charging that he “did unlawfully and with force and arms the dwelling-house of Mrs. Fannie Furlow break and enter, with intent to commit a larceny.” His motion for a new trial being overruled, he brings the ease to this court. The evidence may be substantially stated as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Porter boarded with Mrs. Furlow, and on the day named in the indictment Mrs. Furlow had gone out of her house to take a drive, leaving Mrs. Porter inside. Before she left she closed the doors and windows, but did not lock the front…