State v. Moore

Jack Mann, S. D. McClain (alias Douglas Day) and Roy Moore were jointly indicted for burglary and larceny alleged to have been committed in a store building at Brownsville, Oregon. The indictment was dismissed as to Mann, and he gave evidence as a witness for the state. McClain, during the trial, withdrew his original plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty. Moore was found guilty by the verdict of the jury. He was adjudged to serve a term in the state penitentiary and appeals from the judgment.

The burglary was committed during the night of December 21, 1945. Mann testified that Moore, McClain…