Williams v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

Appellant-defendant here appeals from a judgment convicting him of second degree burglary. The court imposed a sentence of eight years in the penitentiary.

I

The subject of the alleged burglary was the Fairhope Yacht Club. Roger Van DenHeuvel was manager and in charge on the night of January 16, 1973. It appears from the evidence of the manager that on the night of the burglary he closed the club about 9:35 P.M. and locked it up; that the next morning he went to the club and found that entry was gained through the back kitchen window by breaking it.

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