The People v. Widmayer

The plaintiff in error, John Widmayer, and Edward Wiseman were indicted in Cass County for burglary and tried jointly before a jury. Wiseman was found not guilty and Widmayer was found guilty. By writ of error he seeks a reversal of the judgment upon several grounds. The assigned error charging the evidence against him does not remove all reasonable doubt as to his guilt warrants prior consideration.

The Hoppin drugstore in Virginia was burglarized sometime between the undisclosed hour of closing on Tuesday night, May 20, 1947, and about 7:3o the next morning. Entrance had been gained by…