Cannon v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of burglary, and his motion for a new trial, based upon general grounds, and upon a special ground complaining of the court’s refusal to exclude from evidence a pair of “Buzz Saw” shoes, was overruled.

The principle státed in the first headnote is fundamental and controlling; for, as we view the evidence, the circumstances introduced in proof were wholly insufficient to authorize the 'conviction of the accused of the offense of burglary. To say the least of it, the proof pointed just as strongly to his guilt of the offense of receiving stolen goods; and…