State v. . Richardson

It is in evidence that on the night of 10 February, 1939, the defendant entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Butler, Eoeky Mount, N. C., which was occupied at the time by Mrs. Butler, with intent the goods and chattels of the owners therein feloniously to steal. Upon the discovery of defendant’s presence in the house, which was made known to him, he engaged Mrs. Butler in an altercation and escaped through the kitchen door. It was later found that he had taken a pocketbook and a package of cigarettes from the living room. On 16 February, following the arrest of the defendant, he confessed…