State v. Meeks and Lawter

Defendants, upon trial in the Circuit Court of Daviess County, were found guilty of burglary in the second degree, as defined by Section 4048, Revised Statutes 1929, and their punishment was assessed separately at imprisonment for six years in the penitentiary. From the judgments and sentences they appeal.

The case made by the State was that Jamesport is a small town in Daviess County. Bud Owens, employed by the Rock Island Railroad Company as a telegraph operator at Jamesport, was on duty at the railroad station on November 15, 1928, from four P.M. until midnight. About 11:30 o'clock that…